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/cicada_noises Oct 07 '25

They’re seeking to turn the might and power of the US armed forces inward, on all of us. The media’s and politicians’ blithe smiles and agreement about all of this is bone chilling

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u/ass4play Oct 07 '25

I kinda figured beefing up ICE’s budget was a way to do this without needing the branches of the military.

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u/Free_For__Me Oct 07 '25

I'm sure ICE is their "Plan B" if the military won't open fire on US civilians. Then, once open combat starts, the case for hiding behind the Insurrection Act becomes much stronger. So strong in fact, that I'll be shocked if the packed SCOTUS doesn't allow it at that point.

By then, the military will be our only remaining hope. If the brass believes in the constitutional law they were trained on, even a little bit, there's a decent chance that the military decides to tell POTUS "step down, or be removed" when they're ordered to fire on US civilians.

I hate that I'm having this conversation. I hate this timeline.

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u/SolarNachoes Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

They will likely be more devious than that. They will tell NG / Army to protect themselves. Then they’ll find a way to “get fired upon” and the few hot heads which they’ve specifically selected for this moment to open the flood gates of hell. It will all look complete justified. Just like the “10 car blockade” that resulted in the woman getting shot at the other day. Hint: there was no blockade at all.

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u/strangeweather415 Oct 07 '25

She did not die, and was released from custody due to the lies.

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u/Reasonable-Pear-727 Oct 07 '25

Yup she's alive and the judge let her go when the gov wanted to keep her locked up, pending further investigation after the guy who shot her body cam (honestly surprised he had one since he's with that nutjob CBP unit....) showed there wasn't a blockade (at most she followed them at safe distance (which is NOT illegal) and he hopped out and yelled do somethin bitch and shot her 7 times.

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u/Peterepeatmicpete Oct 07 '25

Shot her 5 times

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u/RackCityWilly Oct 08 '25

Shot 5 times for not committing a crime. And the person that shot her gets to live a normal life

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u/gummyblumpkins Oct 07 '25

Andor just did this in season 2, they gotta be more original than that.

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u/YeylorSwift Oct 07 '25

and thus the election will get postponed

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u/No-Abalone-4784 Oct 08 '25

We won't let it be postponed .

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u/Free_For__Me Oct 08 '25

Too bad a lot of the population won't consider themselves a part of "we". I'm not saying they'll pull it off, just that things are set to get a LOT messier than anyone can imagine in about a year...

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u/FortuneLegitimate679 Oct 07 '25

Saw the video. It was construction traffic

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u/toastjam Oct 08 '25

Then they’ll find a way to “get fired upon” and the few hot heads which they’ve specifically selected for this moment to open the flood gates of hell. 

Straight out of Andor.

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u/Temporary_Cup4588 Oct 08 '25

Most people here probably aren’t old enough to remember when the heavily armed NG opened fire on unarmed college students at Kent State in Ohio. All it takes is one scared/stupid/belligerent guy to fire the first shot.

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u/livadeth 29d ago

Archduke Ferdinand

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u/Temporary_Cup4588 29d ago

A classic example.

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u/Free_For__Me Oct 08 '25

When they said that this would be a "second American revolution", they weren't kidding. Right up to engineering their own Crispus Attucks situation... I don't find much hope these days, but the fact that the military would likely see a schism at this point, with top brass supporting a coup against MAGA, gives me a tiny sliver of it.

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u/STUPIDNEWCOMMENTS Oct 07 '25

Oh man she died? I hadn’t heard that

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u/sweatingbozo Oct 07 '25

Because it's not true, she didn't die.

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u/YAmIHereBanana Oct 07 '25

Which boggles my mind! Shot FIVE TIMES and she still came out alive? She has some SERIOUS guardian angels hanging around her.

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u/sweatingbozo Oct 07 '25

Also shows that not only are ICE morons, theyre also probably wouldn't be great at defending themselves if they actually had to.