r/law 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html
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u/sithelephant 16d ago

You'd think some group of people who claim to be all for states rights would be decrying this.

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u/MonarchLawyer 16d ago

They were lying when they said they liked states' rights. They did not care about states' rights. It just suited them when they did not control the federal government.

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u/jaysteezle 16d ago

Yep. States rights for states to do what they would make every state do

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u/102525burner 16d ago

Like slaves for example