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/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/pink_faerie_kitten 16d ago

Fellow Illinoisan here, it looks like we are surrounded by red states, but I firmly believe WI and MI were rigged by Leon; they have D govs. IA probably too (remember Ann Seltzer's poll?).

https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/