California chucks Commerce Clause: Proposes tax on out-of-state fossil fuel use

April 28, 2009

California officials are proposing to levy a tax on imported electricity that is produced by the use of fossil fuels, according to a report in Carbon Control News.

This move should be held to violate the Commerce Clause of the Constitution in that the goal is to make in-state wind and solar produced electricity more competitive with less expensive out-of-state fossil fuel-generated electricity.

In the 1935 case of BALDWIN v. G. A. F. SEELIG, INC., the Supreme Court held that states may not practice economic protectionism.

This entry was posted on April 28, 2009 at 10:30 am and is filed under Cost of Green.

2 Responses to “California chucks Commerce Clause: Proposes tax on out-of-state fossil fuel use”

  1. AGW War Pussy Obama Launches Preemptive Strike Against Navajo–Custer Reportedly Pleased « SOYLENT GREEN Says:

    April 28, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    […] Dispatch from the Western Front: People’s Republic of California to Levy unconstitutional tariff on out-of-state fossil fuel energy. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)92 hours to order first killing spree…. oh Obama.Obama’s program of warEmpire: Total War trailer marches into battlePolitical Wisdom: Obama Diverges from American Exceptionalism – Washington … […]

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  2. cbullitt Says:

    April 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    Un-fucking-believable.

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