As tensions escalate between California and the Trump administration over immigration, another potential battlefront is emerging over taxes.
The spat began with reports that the Trump administration is considering cutting funding for California’s university system, the largest higher education system in the nation with about 12% of all U.S. enrolled students.
In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote Friday afternoon in a social media post that California provides about $80 billion more in taxes to the federal government than it receives in return.
“Maybe it’s time to cut that off, @realDonaldTrump,” Newsom said.
Its not though, there is literally constitution legal contention over the issue. There are a few states like MA, NY and a few others where they call it a "may issue"state because it’s not a right in those states.
That’s not how the US constitution works.
It is in practice
Like I said, “Mah rights!”
You realize that there are different states and things can be unconstitutional right? People in may issue states have gun privileges, not rights.
This seems like a confirmation that your argument is, in fact, “Mah rights!”
I dont get what you don’t understand of on paper vs in practice.
Just because thats what it says, doesn’t change the fact that may issue states offer priveleges not rights. Just because the SC will likely eventually overturn the unconstitutional state law, doesn’t mean that those people have those rights. They don’t have those rights until it’s overturned, it’s the whole point of bringing it to the SC. Rights denied are rights denied.
The law is only unconstitutional if you have a right that the state law takes away.
You have the right as guaranteed by the second amendment and the supremacy clause. I’m not sure what you don’t understand about how the constitution works.
And that is exactly what we are talking about.