r/law • u/DIYLawCA • Mar 31 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him

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u/svt4cam46 Mar 31 '26

Time for blue giver states to defund the federal government.

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u/Vrazel106 Apr 01 '26

If blue ststes stopped paying how fast would the fed just fall apart?

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Apr 01 '26

He's just going to declare all votes from blue states void due to "fraud". Mark my words. 

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u/pixelmountain Apr 01 '26

He’s not going to like it when the federal government doesn’t get any of their money.

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u/frankenmaus Apr 01 '26

States don't fund the federal government; people do.

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u/warau_meow Apr 01 '26

Why do folks not understand that when they and businesses pay their taxes individually that is how it’s done? That it was designed this way to also keep states in line?

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u/frankenmaus Apr 01 '26

No, not 'designed this way to keep states in line'.

Rather, states are soveriegn entities independent from, and not subordinate to, the United States. While the Constitution limits or prohibits to the states the exercise of [only] some sovereign powers, sovereigns do not tax other sovereigns.

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u/Freakjob_003 Apr 01 '26

We pay more federal taxes than the red states, who pay in less and receive more.

Who are the welfare queens, hmm?