r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d 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 1d 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/jeebus87 1d ago

What we are witnessing is a striking contradiction in American governance. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the message was clear: let the states decide. The federal government, through the Court’s ruling, signaled that the people of each state should determine their own course on some of the most consequential issues of our time. That was the rationale, state autonomy, local control, democratic self-determination.

Now, California seeks to do just that. Faced with sweeping tariffs that threaten the livelihood of its farmers and manufacturers, the state is exploring ways to shield its economy. But if the federal government refuses to allow it, or worse, actively blocks those efforts, then we are left with a troubling inconsistency.

The principle of states' rights cannot be a one-way street. It cannot apply to some issues and not others, depending on the politics of the moment. If states are trusted to regulate matters of life and liberty, they ought to be trusted to protect their workers and industries. To deny that now is not only inconsistent, it is hypocritical.

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u/chrismsp 1d ago

Except that pesky clause in Article I that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce, which they promptly ceded to the president. The legal authority he's using is some economic emergency crap.

There are very few 'state's rights' when it comes to interstate commerce.

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u/Gingerstachesupreme 18h ago

Article 1 gives congress power of the purse - yet DOGE can cut jobs and spending as an executive department.

Better yet, creating or altering an executive department requires senate approval (article 2 s2) - yet DOGE exists and wields power.

The constitution is null and void and this point, as they set the precedent to burn it. Might as well have the next dem president use EO to pass through as much extreme progressive agenda as possible.