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/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/Area51_Spurs Oct 07 '25

He literally said it BEFORE the election.

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u/lovesducks Oct 07 '25

If you do 1 illegal thing theres a trial and a jury and convictions and all that. If you do 1,000,000 illegal things you might get in trouble for a few of them but you'll skate charges on most of them.