The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
The most effective first line of defense for the states is to join conservatives in insisting on protecting all aspects of the Constitution’s division of powers. Citing harm to the well-being of its own citizens, the Golden State has also joined with 14 other states to sue the administration using the same argument as the Federalist Society allies — that the president lacks unilateral authority to tax imports under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act without congressional approval.
That these battles over states’ rights and the separation of powers have conjoined liberals and conservatives on the same track is a mark of how serious the threat to the republic has become. The accompanying visuals are set to arrive on June 14 when, in a Soviet-style parade, tanks will roll through the streets and warplanes will fly in the skies over Washington D.C. to mark the commander-in-chief’s birthday and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. army — while Marines and federalized troops camp out in the City of Angels.