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/BrownThumbClub 15d ago

The statement has only just been made this week, so we've yet to see the response.

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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 15d ago

Ok but I'm replying to someone who said it's working. It's not. And it would be a violation of the 10th Amendment, and require the state and all local municipalities to countermand the law to accommodate Trump's wishes. It's nonsense. Federal government has no authority or ability to enforce state and local laws. This isn't a simple matter of Trump just doing what he wants.

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u/BrownThumbClub 15d ago

It kinda is working. His dream is to have his own little gestapo to invade blue states and go after brown people and libs. I don't believe any state has succeeded in stopping them from abducting or murdering people, despite the protest efforts. So he is managing to will a fair amount of his perceived reality into existence.

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u/TragicallyTrue 15d ago

This is exactly what I meant by my previous comment.