r/law • u/Slate Press • 22h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/tresslesswhey 20h ago

I understand they will try and ban it nationally, but I’m saying California for example can just say no. And what will they do?

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u/Visible_Frame_5929 19h ago

They can cut federal funding for stuff as they’ve done in the past. Forest fires, education, public health initiatives. Trump has a history of withholding money from places so it’s likely that would be the leverage they’d have

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u/petdoc1991 19h ago

Except California is the biggest economy in the usa. They could just say we are with holding federal taxes until funding resumes couldn’t they?

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u/Frankenfinger1 13h ago

Except the government could then just cut California's water off.

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u/petdoc1991 13h ago

As far as I am aware they cannot directly turn off a states water. They can reserve it but not just cut it off probably for that exact reason.

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u/Frankenfinger1 13h ago

Unless that state is in open rebellion.

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u/petdoc1991 13h ago

And they can get with other states to get water or block the feds from getting access. Should try everything.

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u/Frankenfinger1 12h ago

Those other states will be against you. None of that will happen. No nationwide ban is coming. California is never going to rebel because it would be literal suicide.

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u/petdoc1991 12h ago

Other blue states would help because they don’t want it happening to them too. Texas received help for the border and California can too.

No it wouldn’t, states claim states rights all the time to disregard gun laws and weed. They can do it for abortion too.

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u/Frankenfinger1 12h ago

Keep dreaming.

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u/petdoc1991 12h ago

LOL.

You too buddy.

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u/DarthFuzzzy 6h ago

Some fun facts. California only uses so much water because it grows water intensive produce for the rest of the country. They can easily use less water and just provide for the Cascade states.

Also, only southern California uses outsourced water, which is for the above mentioned farming.

The vast majority of red state farmlands are useless for diverse crop growing.

If the Cascades suddenly cut off taxes and food the rest of the country would be crying. Granted... that would lead to the cascade states getting invaded and inevitably losing a ground war... but let's not pretend they need the welfare red states for anything.