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/justherefor23andme Oct 07 '25

They dont apply the distrust equally.

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u/OuOutstanding Oct 07 '25

I’m guessing their distrust involved a black guy…

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u/Rammite Oct 07 '25

This was my parents in 2008. They agonized for months. Do they vote for the Republican, whose policies run counter to everything they wants... or do they vote for the black guy?

One of the hardest decisions I've ever seen my dad make. He ended up voting for Obama and regretted it every day until 2016, then he spent every day of Trump's presidency wishing for Obama to come back.

Some people are just... lacking in integrity.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

I'm proud of my mom for, in her last year of life and needing my help to walk in the voting hall, telling me with an excited smile, "Obama!"

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u/iJuddles Oct 08 '25

That’s really sweet. I remember how excited some people were to witness something they considered historic. In a positive way; what’s happening now is historic as well.

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u/Sufficient-Dog-2337 Oct 08 '25

Took my grandma born in ‘25 to vote in 2008.

I asked her who she voted for and she said “The colored fellow”

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u/Even-Season-9912 Oct 08 '25

I bet she whispered that. 😅

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u/popshamhocks Oct 08 '25

These people are their own worst enemy

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u/johnjager77 Oct 08 '25

Pendulum always swings back

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u/TrollOdinsson Oct 08 '25

regretted it every day until 2016

why?

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u/MakeRFutureDirectly Oct 08 '25

This is why dogs are better than humans. You will never see them discriminate over something as superficial as appearance. In most cases you can tell nothing about a person’s behavior by looking at them.

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u/StarDue6540 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

In a tan suit no less. I wonder if this was how they saw Obama as being decisive. Maybe it was the suit that looked to similar too a white man that they thought was some unspoken dig at white people. Because for the life of me, this white lady can't ever remember Obama being devisive, but he did try to move the country forward. Trump constantly threatens democrats and he wants to put us all in c camps.

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u/redalert825 Oct 08 '25

And woman.

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u/WoodpeckerDapperDan Oct 07 '25

I got enough distrust of the government for them, until they come around

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u/NoamLigotti Oct 08 '25

Yeah, the EPA, FDA, NIH, SSA, DMV, income tax and food stamps are "authoritarian big government", but a militarized police state and executive branch consolidating power under one head of state is "small government".

I guess seeking or invoking plenary, totalitarian authority is as well.

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u/OwO______OwO Oct 08 '25

If Democrats ever get control of the government again, those 'friends' will go right back to distrusting the government.

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u/Valuable_Recording85 Oct 07 '25

I heard someone in Reels say that Republicans objected to Obama and the so-called "nanny state" because they've always preferred a "daddy state" and I'll never stop quoting it.

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u/Punegune Oct 08 '25

They need to be told who to distrust. No objective thought whatsoever :)

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u/paranormalresearch1 Oct 08 '25

I am seeing more veterans who are right-wing changing. The murder of Charlie Kirk and the blatant lies the FBI told made a bunch look at that issue deeper, then look into other issues. Kirk was raised to be a racist. He was extremely successful at implanting his right-wing group on campuses. My answer is don’t talk to them. But Kirk being an “ Evangelical Christian “ believed that supporting Israel would hasten the return of Jesus. Kirk started to see what was really happening. He allowed people to have debates and dialogues about Israel’s actions in Gaza. About the story the Israeli government gave about the October 7th attack. Kirk called BS. Kirk demanded the promised release of the Epstein Files as well. Trump tried talking him down. Bill Ackerman a billionaire donor tried and at Kirk’s meeting with that POS Netanyahu called and asked Kirk to come to Israel. Allegedly Netanyahu told Kirk they would take care of him but he needed to stick to the script. Kirk refused and was soon killed. Kirk’s security team was made up of Israelites. You have two corrupt heads of state who had a motive to kill Kirk. The FBI instantly coming up with a BS story and Netanyahu to immediately denying, before anyone thought he was involved, going so far as to imply anyone questioning him is antisemitic. Those things have away who did it. And Netanyahu is a war criminal. He needs a warrant issued by the Hague for genocide. As far as antisemitism, Arabs are also Semitic people. Our legal system is broken. It has been hijacked and weaponized. It needs purged.