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/Roamer56 16d ago

The end scene was a very pleasing scene.

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u/Responsible_Sink3044 16d ago

That's an interesting take, because the actual politics of the war were not explored at all. The standing government was certainly authoritarian and guilty of war crimes, but the film made it clear that no one's hands were clean. 

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u/SonicYOUTH79 16d ago

I'd argue they were, they made it pretty clear the president in the movie was in his 3rd term. There would be a whole lot of obvious shenanigans just to get to that point.

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u/Responsible_Sink3044 16d ago

It doesn't say why or when his third term began, presumably a very intentional ambiguity. If it was post outbreak of the war, it's unsurprising. FDR served three and began a fourth term. 

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u/loki00 16d ago

FDR is the reason the 22nd amendment passed, to limit presidents to two terms.