If the services in California are supplied by the Federal taxpayer and US government, that means that the California electorate and government are not sovereign. The way to legitimize this would be for California to return to territorial status, with a non-sovereign territorial legislature, no Senator, and one non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives.
What do you think? Given that municipal bonds are not subject to Federal Tax, is it lawful or Constitutional for the Feds to assume the debts and obligations *of* a state?
Disclaimer: Dammit, I'm a Physicist, not a Lawyer, Spock!
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Hmmm... wonder how that’d affect the electoral college?