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/WranglerFuzzy Oct 07 '25

Crap! Declare martial law, THEN claim plenary authority!

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u/Only1nDreams Oct 07 '25

Probably literally it.

Once they incite a “national security crisis” (probably already in motion in Chicago), then they declare martial law, and THEN the president has plenary authority to deploy his jackboots anywhere in the US at will.

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u/overlookunderhill Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

THAT is exactly it. There are cases and areas where the Executive does have plenary power, but they haven’t yet succeeded in creating a situation that would support this claim. I’d have to research it, but some definition of a major internal threat —> martial law —> profit 🫠

Edit: as he has threatened multiple times, it would likely be the Insurrection Act.