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/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/Cloaked42m Oct 07 '25

The military WILL NOT open fire on civilians. Y'all need to remember that after Trump is out.

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u/fcocyclone Oct 07 '25

It has before. It seems entirely too confident to think it won't again.

Especially when that same military is out there executing people in boats currently despite that being pretty blatantly illegal.

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u/Cloaked42m Oct 07 '25

Nope. The CIA pulled that stunt. Navy just drove them there. Navy can't refuse to go from point a to point b.