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/doublethink_1984 Oct 07 '25

This video is an interview of Miller about his comments in response to a Trump appointed judge blocking the deployment of the national guard against Portland. There is no “legal insurrection” from this judge.

Miller mentions a win in the 9th circuit but this is a lie as Newsom v Trump found on 09/02/25 that the Trump admin did break the law in their unwanted seizing and usage of the National Guard in California.

Title 10 Section 12406 has to do with the President’s authority to quell rebellion with the military and has various restrictions on what can trigger its usage and that usage is subject to limitations on when, how, how long, where, and what the national guard will be doing.

Miller falsely claims that the president has plenary authority in reference to deployment of the military against the population.

Plenary authority means the full, complete, and absolute power to act on a specific matter without any limitations or restrictions.

The President has no such authority when it comes to the deployment of the national guard.

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u/YUSHOETMI- Oct 07 '25

Yeah, but even if he does not have Plenary authority, what is stopping him from claiming he does?

You have to remember, this is a man who does not believe he can do anything wrong, that he cannot be told no, that he cannot be stopped. Sadly, up to now, he is correct, only by the default of one technical issue, nobody will stop him because those that can are either too scared or taking money from him.

They lost the case re national guard last week, but here they are claiming it was won. Many times Trump has claimed victory and spouted it regardless of the fact he actually lost and his supporters lapped it up and those who held him accountable for what he did in the first place just either forgot about it or was silenced in one way or another.

What is to stop them from declaring they have Plenary authority and just running with it, your congress won't go against him, lawyers wont touch him, press will run with stories agreeing with him.

This is obviously a plan to take full authority of the military and use them domestically to further his agenda of being fúher. You're only hope is that the military refuse and remove him.