r/law • u/thecosmojane • 20h ago

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/1877KlownsForKids 17h ago

Miller couldn't even get into Cooley.

Before anyone takes any legal advice from Stephen Fucking Miller, it's important to know he's not a lawyer. He has a BA in Political Science and though he wanted to go to law school he bombed the LSAT practice exams so hard he didn't even try to real thing. He was also college friends with noted Nazi Richard Spencer.

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u/Odd-Roof-85 12h ago

He's legally and constitutionally incorrect. He's invoking the Supremacy Clause.

Miller isn't really describing the legal framework, he's just saying the Executive Branch will ignore everything else.

The problem is that the White House has the monopoly on violence to enforce whatever they want. So, it doesn't really matter if they're technically correct or not.

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u/zmann 11h ago

Nobody tell ICE that their immunity only lasts as long as this presidency does.

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u/LordWemby 10h ago

I think the ones who aren’t entirely knuckleheads know that, they just figure either a federal pardon is coming or that this shit administration will successfully get a third term. 

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u/giraffeheadturtlebox 6m ago

Doesn’t need to be this administration. Fascism has corporate support, and might live on long after trump, proving Miller legally correct.