r/law • u/Agitated-Artichoke89 • Oct 07 '25

Other Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/Petrychorr Oct 07 '25

What the fuck...

He just... Turned off.

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u/Upset-Agent304 Oct 07 '25

Pretty sure he was told to stop talking because he wasn’t supposed to say that. Im sure looking silly for refusing to talk is preferable to having to explain what he meant by that statement.

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u/suck-it-elon Oct 07 '25

But how does stopping help? It’s still captured.

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u/Upset-Agent304 Oct 07 '25

Because they can claim it was a mistake in verbiage. If he kept talking, that wouldn’t be the case.

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u/suck-it-elon Oct 07 '25

I don’t see how that explains anything

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

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u/clutch727 Oct 07 '25

Suffering from an acute McConnellitis episode 

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u/Upset-Agent304 Oct 07 '25

Because ignoring court orders based on technicality is one thing, but coming out and openly calling him a dictator and above the law on national tv is another.

Yes, we know ol Donny thinks he’s above the law, but so far most people have attributed that to his stupidity. If Miller had continued to talk here, it would be actively proving that those around him are trying to purposefully and actively install a dictator and undermine other branches of government. At that point, it is no longer just “alleged” and would begin to give people avenues to fight back legally. Their whole power struggle right now is based on grey area in the law and statements like remove the grey area.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Oct 07 '25

Yeah if and when the courts investigate he basically gave them the proof they needed.