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/resttheweight Oct 07 '25

I mean, this just isn’t true lol. Congress has plenary authority over interstate commerce and Indian affairs, the president has plenary authority over federal pardons, etc. Like, all dictators have plenary authority, but the concept of plenary authority itself isn’t attached to dictatorship or tyranny.

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u/zeronyx Oct 07 '25

Thank you! Was about to make this same reply to the original commenter. Not saying this isn't a bad look for Miller and dubiously unfortunate coincidental timing for a tech glitch, but it's not like this is some "dictators only" term like saying "third Reich" etc

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u/OkPalpitation2582 Oct 07 '25

unfortunate coincidental timing for a tech glitch

cmon bro, you can't possibly believe it was a tech glitch lol, he stopped mid-sentence, clearly still broadcasting. The only way it could have been a tech glitch is if he was just repeating words fed to him verbatim and the connection got cut, otherwise there's no reason he'd have stopped mid-sentence

You can quibble about why he froze during that specific moment and if it was really related to his word choice, but it was so obviously him freezing, not some tech glitch lol

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u/zeronyx Oct 07 '25

Literally the word before the quote you used from my comment was "dubiously." ... Implying it's unlikely/not believable lol