I am not sure how this would play out or even it is legal but it seems that many of the democratic donor states could threaten to not pay federal taxes.
California Threatens Retribution Against Bully Trump Over Immigration Ban.
A handful of sanctuary cities are in the listed in democratic “donor states”. See.
Let’s assume for the moment that “donor states” (or any state) could stop payments to the feds.
The list below shows the list of the top 10 least dependent states. Bold indicates voted for HRC
50 Delaware — Trump:185,103 (41.9%), HRC: 235,581 (53.4%)
49 Connecticut — Trump: 668,266 (41.2%), HRC: 884,432 (54.5%)
48 New Jersey — Trump: 1,535,513 (41.8%), HRC: 2,021,756 (55.0%)
47 Kansas — Trump: 656,009 (57.2%), HRC: 414,788 (36.2%)
46 California — Trump: 3,916,209 (32.8%), HRC: 7,362,490 (61.6%)
45 Illinois — Trump: 2,118,179 (39.4%), HRC: 2,977,498 (55.4%)
44 Nevada — Trump: 511,319 (45.3%), HRC: 537,753 (47.9%)
43 Minnesota — Trump:1,322,891 (45.4%), HRC: 1,366,676 (46.9%)
42 New Hampshire — Trump: 345,789 (47.3%), HRC: 348,521 (47.6%)
41 New York — Trump: 2,640,570 (37.5%), HRC: 4,143,874 (58.8%)
Or all states that voted 60% or higher for HRC threaten/did the same?
Seems like if California can do this and this is not some sort of CT, then other states could follow.
Does anybody know more about legal standing of this than I? If it is demonstrably a CT then I will delete post. Look at NPR’s Post:
California Attorney General Vows To 'Defend' State's Residents Against Trump Policies
and
California leaders prepare to defend against Trump orders on immigration, sanctuary cities
Anyway, just a “what if” thought for the day…….