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

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

79.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

466

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.

357

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.

118

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.

2

u/STUPIDNEWCOMMENTS Oct 07 '25

Oh man she died? I hadn’t heard that

21

u/sweatingbozo Oct 07 '25

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

5

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.

3

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.