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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Trump thinks he's above the Constitution why can't a state?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Amen to that. It's very stupid and backwards, but a whole lotta idiots think that the founders were inspired by their god (Jehovah/Yahweh/Allah) and that this kind of thing was handed down on stone tablets.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Also the economic restructuring by both President Roosevelt's. I suspect the US would've collapsed by the 50s without either of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well it won't be after the next one!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s very much like the EU and always has been. Everything makes a lot more sense in that POV.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is starting to make sense alright. I remember someone telling me that Americans put too much focus on federal politics, even though what goes on in Washington does not necessarily affect them. And the news of American states "Trump-proofing" themselves is also starting to make more sense. This also explains why voter turnout for presidential elections is quite low compared to other democracies, because eligible voters feel they won't be affected as much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The US is the Austria-Hungary of our time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

The whole "no legal precedence". Has been a thing for a few years now. We have what used to be called chaos nowadays.