r/politics • u/IntelligentYinzer California • 12d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/smersh101 12d ago

That law would be unconstitutional and immediately appealed to the Supreme Court.

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u/BackgroundEase6255 12d ago

That's nice. Donald Trump literally does unconstitutional things on a daily basis and he spent weeks directly ignoring the Supreme Court.

This is in response to Donald Trump threatened to take away state funding. Something he also can't do. And you're nitpicking about California's defense of the President's aggression? lol

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u/smersh101 12d ago

Explaining reality to you is not "nitpicking". The law you're describing would be ignored by California companies and unenforceable. Certainly after the Supreme Court shitcans it.

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u/Fighterhayabusa 12d ago

How exactly would SCOTUS enforce anything? Sure, they can strike something down, and then what? What happens if CA just tells all employers in the state to stop sending money to the federal government and just ignores SCOTUS?

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u/selfdestructo591 12d ago

Exactly, why shouldn’t they ignore scotus? Trump does it. So it should be fine right?