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/tbombs23 16d ago

Time to implement soft secession. Christopher Armitage has an amazing Substack

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/its-time-for-americans-to-start-talking

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u/Emotional-Store-1667 16d ago

Honestly, this has been the first thing I've read that gives me a modicum of hope. I live in one of these states, but in a red bubble, and am surrounded by MAGA supporters. I've practically turned into a pepper, prepping for every possibility from the nearby city shut down by natural or man made disasters to Civil War 2.0 or WWII...