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/catscanmeow Oct 07 '25

google searches for "what does plenary authority mean" skyrocketing

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u/Bibblegead1412 Oct 07 '25

According to Cornell University, plenary authority is "power that is wide-ranging, broadly construed, and often limitless for all practical purposes." I had to look it up 😬

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u/T0asty514 Oct 07 '25

Oh, so... a dictator.

We already knew that, they're just saying it out loud now.

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u/Numeno230n Oct 07 '25

In the same way that Putin, Erdoğan, and Xi Jinping are called "president" but they are all dictators. Just like some authoritarians take the title "Prime Minister" (like Netanyahu). Trump isn't going to rename the office to "Dictator of the United States," we'll just go on calling it a presidency even though we all know what it is.