r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 2d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/wankbollox 2d ago

If Texas can ignore the federal government and make its own immigration policy, then I guess California can make its own trade policy. Seems fair. 

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 2d ago

States setting their own trade agreements is totally unconstitutional, but we haven't been following that for a while now anyway. I'm hoping the whole west coast can form it's own trade coalition.

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u/jesuisapprenant 2d ago

Tariff powers don’t belong to the executive branch, the executive branch cannot defund programs unilaterally without Congressional approval, felons cannot run for office, the list goes on. 

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u/Nevermind04 Texas 2d ago

Felons absolutely can run for office. The reason Trump can't legally hold public office is because he engaged in insurrection.

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u/ameriCANCERvative 2d ago

Not just engaged in, led.

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u/Nevermind04 Texas 2d ago

While that's true, section 3 of the 14th amendment doesn't require a person to lead an insurrection to become disqualified from holding public office. It only requires one to "engage" in insurrection, regardless of what exact role they played in it. Every J6 terrorist is similarly disqualified.

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u/redditlvlanalysis 1d ago

Naming terrorist insurrectionists who wanted to end the grand experiment as patriots is wildly hilarious

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u/YouBlinkinSootLicker 1d ago

its all about framing, you know this

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u/redditlvlanalysis 21h ago

No it's not. They are terrorists who tried to overturn the peaceful transfer of power and should be rotting in jail.

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