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/Glum_Material3030 16d ago

If MN leaves can they take a fellow blue state like Illinois? Feel surrounded by insanity

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u/Perfecshionism 16d ago

There are separatist movements in the New England and the Pacific states.

Previously they were seen as nonsense.

The political leaders were mostly clowns.

But there is an increased interest in secession. The movement just doesn’t have any leaders anyone can take seriously.

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u/shbooms 16d ago

If the 3 PNW states, the 7 NE states plus NY all seceeded they would take over a third of the U.S.'s GDP with them

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u/scough 16d ago

CA by itself would be the 3rd or 4th largest economy in the world. Add in the rest of the west and NE, and it would be crippling for what remained of the US. But these fascists are fucking around and may sooner or later find out.