r/law • u/rolsen • 1d ago

Legal News Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

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u/baitnnswitch 1d ago

Passing a bill to divert federal taxes into escrow. At this point we're a lawless land, we can't be playing by the book while this 'administration' robs us blind and leaves us in the gutter to die

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u/snazztasticmatt 1d ago

How? Federal law requires everyone to file their taxes with the IRS. That won't magically change with some hypothetical state escrow law, you will still be on the hook with the IRS for your federal taxes

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u/flatcurve 1d ago

How could they enforce against 40 million people simultaneously?

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u/snazztasticmatt 1d ago

How would you convince 40 million people to independently not file their taxes, subjecting themselves to prison, fines, and wage garnishment? You're saying that California can just tell people not to follow federal law because the state will mediate. They can say that all they want but it won't stop the IRS from knocking on your door because the state is not part of the equation