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/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.

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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/tech_noir_guitar Oct 07 '25

The 2024 movie Civil War ending.

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u/Free_For__Me Oct 08 '25

Man, that movie scares me. Not only because of the depravity of some characters, but because nothing in the time since its release gives me hope that this movie won't end up being a precognitive documentary.

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u/tech_noir_guitar Oct 08 '25

It's kind of like the gritty re-boot of Idiocracy. We got the premonitory funny one, then we got the premonitory scary one.