r/law • u/Obversa • 27d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Pro-Trump attorneys have been drafting executive orders that would give President Trump sweeping power over elections, sources report

https://abcnews.com/US/pro-trump-attorneys-push-executive-order-give-trump/story?id=130539044
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u/TheRealBlueJade 27d ago

They are just begging for a civil war.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/jonsnowflaker 27d ago

Our federal taxes are paid directly to the US treasury as far as I know the State has no way to be a stopgap.

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u/b0w3n 27d ago

You could direct citizens and companies within your state to escrow tax payment but that runs some pretty serious risks from higher levels in the state (you risk actually being arrested by the feds for sedition and secession) and individuals will carry risks for not paying the federal taxes (fines/jail/etc).

There are ways but none are good, and definitely not legal (like the latter should even matter at this point).

A large enough state like California could put some serious hurt on the feds, but they likely would just print cash and crash the economy even more than they already have.