California the 1st state to sue Trump administration over tariffs
California the 1st state to sue Trump administration over tariffs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that his state will file a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have set off a global trade war.
The suit will argue that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, or a 10 per cent tariff on all imports, is unlawful. The act enables a president to freeze and block transactions in response to foreign threats.
California's move follows rapidly changing tariff plans by the Trump administration. It is the first state to take legal action over the tariffs, which have been previously legally challenged in suits filed by law firms representing business owners and civil liberties organizations.
I read just the other day that California is also planning to negotiate trade deals directly with other countries
Thank fuck. This is the energy we actually need.
Yeah bro, I'm into it. The US had a good run, but every empire has to fall eventually.
Yeah, as a lifelong California resident I've thought about moving somewhere cheaper like Washington in the past few years... But I've stayed for this reason.
I believe we're going to vote on whether to discuss succession in 2028... Not sure how this will pan out, though.
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-ballot-initiative-independent-country/63536323
If anyone could it's the 5th(?) largest economy on the planet and the spot that make up most of our west coast.
Kind of makes me wonder, since by and large the 'blue' states pay into the fed more than they get and 'red' states are net leeches, how viable would it be for there to be a concerted "fuck off we we just won't play with you any more" to economically starve the rest of the states.
I read somewhere that the net payer / net payee numbers are pretty skewed by military bases - there are a lot more in red states, they go on the states' balance sheets as income from the feds, and it's not like the states have much of a choice in the matter. So economically starving some of those states might not be as cut and dry as it seems.
That being said, I'm all for giving it the ol' college try. This experiment is over, we had a
goodrun, and now it's time for a national divorce.