If Trump thinks he's above the Constitution why can't a state?
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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No, there is legal precedence for this
Under NAFTA states could impose their own tariffs because NAFTA was a Federal agreement and countries would have to negotiate free trade with individual states
This is just the reverse of that
As a non-American, the more i learn about US states, the more I realise that the country is more like a reluctant confederation than an actual unified country.
Yeah, it made sense when a horse was the fastest way to travel over land. These days? We're stuck with a ridiculous government structure designed when no one knew how democracies worked.
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It tore itself apart in a civil war 72 years after its constitution was written, and the only reason why it didn't happen again was because it got fat off of being the only power left standing after the world wars.
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EU is already trying to specifically target products from red states with tariffs.
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It would be ironic if businesses come back to California because of the tariffs.
Hope this falls through. Any trade deals that allow the US to circumvent Trumps policies and thus keep his regime going is bad. The big crash needs to happen before people are motivated to fight back. The slow frog boil is what led us here to begin with.
This IS what fighting back looks like. It takes many forms.
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Holy shit, my prediction model forecast this. 🍿 This is actually a major step toward derailing this coup.
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Glad to hear, im Canadian and i have no problem buying American products from certain states.
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Kudos to California. The neo-Nazi filled MAGA is all about state rights and I hope they tell California to secede.
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Thank goodness now we are talking. Time for California to move past the Orange Turd.
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