[taxesareforever]

Is it legal for a state to negotiate such a deal with a foreign power? I thought that was constitutionally reserved to the national government.

It is illegal and this is not the first time California has done this. It is also illegal for states to sign agreements with Indian tribes but it also happens.

[goldstategop]

Congress can disapprove compacts. But it rarely does so.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus