Posted on 06/07/2017 12:52:55 PM PDT by ColdOne
The Associated Press reports, however, that the agreement does not bind either China or California to specific greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
Brown met for 45 minutes with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The AP reports that “Trump’s announcement last week that he wants to pull out of the Paris accord did not come up, according to the governor.”
Brown’s China visit was not the first time that he has attempted to lead on the world stage. In late 2015, he traveled to Paris — in the immediate aftermath of the San Bernardino terror attack — to participate in the global discussions around the climate change accords that eventually emerged — and which President Trump subsequently rejected.
The governor has also championed California’s role in the “Under2” coalition, a grouping of subnational jurisdictions (such as states and provinces) that have committed to address climate change.
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Nope.
"Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation[emphasis added]; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility."
What next, turn San Diego and Coronado over to the Chinese for naval base?
Explicitly forbidden by the Constitution. Article 1 Section 10:
https://usconstitution.net/xconst_A1Sec10.html
Article I Section 10 of the US Constitution reads...
Section 10 - The Text
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Section 10 - The Meaning
Article I, Section 10, limits the power of the states. States may not enter into a treaty with a foreign nation; that power is given to the president, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate present. States cannot make their own money, nor can they grant any title of nobility.
As is Congress, states are prohibited from passing laws that assign guilt to a specific person or group without court proceedings (bills of attainder), that make something illegal retroactively(ex post facto laws) or that interfere with legal contracts.
No state, without approval from Congress, may collect taxes on imports or exports, build an army or keep warships in times of peace, nor otherwise engage in war unless invaded or in imminent danger.
This is just red-meat for the moonbats.
Jerry can sign deals just like the Carolina’s can sign deals.
An hour later Brown wanted to do another treaty
So, a communist state signs an agreement with a communist country. Did I miss anything else? Oh, the people of California are now slaves of the state
The word “Deal” is a key operative.
Until I see it, this is a nothing-burger.
I have been putting in manufacturing all over the south owned by Chinese. I will guarantee there is a “deal” there somewhere.
Jerry’s been Shanghaied.
You are correct. It pretty much takes away all private insurance in the state. So those of us who are tied to life insurance and retirement benefit plans just got screwed. The Dictatorship of Sacramento is dictating to us what we can and can’t have. No different than what Hugo Chavez or Maduro did in Venezuela. Next he’ll nationalized all corps and businesses. Its coming.
People like Jerry Brown are the reason I want to get the hell out of California.
Nothing binding. Just agreeing they are commie socialist bretheren.
States cannot sign “treaties”
But he can make business deals he thinks benefit California - only
HAHAHA! Good one!
realcleanguy wrote:
“You are correct. It pretty much takes away all private insurance in the state. So those of us who are tied to life insurance and retirement benefit plans just got screwed. The Dictatorship of Sacramento is dictating to us what we can and can’t have. No different than what Hugo Chavez or Maduro did in Venezuela. Next he’ll nationalized all corps and businesses. Its coming.”
Retirement benefit plans’ healthcare?
The healthcare offered by those retirement plans is already too expensive.
All them faults must be generating strong magnetic currents that are scrambling the Kalifornians’ brains....
Not really, I retired with a good plan and a low deductible so, now it will go away. I wonder if we will lose the doctors we currently see or will they relocated out of state now?
The US Constitution expressly forbids that!
The Chinese leadership was probably laughing like crazy at stupid Brown.
Their map of the hundred year plan probably has California as a Chinese province.
Yep....major tax hike for single payer. Guess for who? Not citizens who have to pay those taxes. They also just passed a law if you cannot afford to pay your traffic ticket, they will let it go. Guess who benefits from that too? The invaders.
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