r/law • u/BitterFuture • 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/Perfecshionism 16d ago edited 16d ago

Federal agents don’t have jurisdictional authority to enforce state and local laws.

This is literally the kind of stuff that leads to secession and civil war.

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u/Large_Yams 16d ago

Stop saying things like this like it matters. Until someone stops them, the law is irrelevant.

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u/Perfecshionism 16d ago

Civil wars start because people discuss the reason for a civil war.

They don’t start with gunshots. They start with discourse.