Stephen Miller ‘Plenary Authority’ Remark Sparks Controversy
time.com
The Trump aide sparked suspicion when he stopped speaking after he mentioned the President’s “plenary authority,” though CNN blamed a technical issue.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/533816

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CNN asked Miller whether the Trump Administration will abide by a district judge’s order blocking the Guard’s deployment in Oregon. “Well, the Administration filed an appeal this morning with the Ninth Circuit,” Miller began. “I would note the Administration won an identical case in the Ninth Circuit just a few months ago with respect to the federalizing of the California National Guard.”

Then, Miller said: “Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the President has plenary authority, has—” before making an abrupt stop. Miller blinked several times, with anchor Boris Sanchez calling out his name, though he still did not respond.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenary_power

A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations.

  • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    219·
    2 months ago

    The executive is a co-equal branch of government. We don’t do kings here. We kill kings.

    We also kill Nazis. Per long tradition. We don’t debate them. We don’t platform them. Nazis are guilt free kills. Don’t even count as human.

    • Ging@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      182·
      2 months ago

      We have never killed kings here. We also stayed out of Nazi affairs for many years. The sentiment is nice, but more than misleading. You got weird history books anon

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
        70·
        2 months ago

        Literally never killed a king in their history. The closest they got was killing aboriginal chieftains. Muricans just got salty because the King of England refused to let them colonize the native tribes in the great lakes region (which the crown had declared a self-governing protectorate). Americans declared a revolution and cloaked it in jingoistic hoopla about liberty. They also tried (and failed) to enlist Quebec to join them.

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 months ago

          Muricans just got salty because the King of England refused to let them colonize the native tribes in the great lakes region (which the crown had declared a self-governing protectorate).

          Wait wait wait. The Brits were the good guys (in this one, very specific, instance)?

          • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
            7·
            2 months ago

            Not the only time. Another example is the West Africa Squadron, where a small part of the British Navy tried to block all slave traffic coming out of West Africa.

            The UK has done some insanely horrific things, but it does have some legitimate bright spots in there.

          • cygnus@lemmy.ca
            3·
            2 months ago

            Broken clock, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763

            [Historians] have argued that colonial resentment of the proclamation contributed to the growing divide between the colonies and the mother country. Some historians say that even though the boundary was pushed west in subsequent treaties, the British government refused to permit new colonial settlements for fear of instigating a war with Native Americans, which angered colonial land speculators.

    • Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one
      39·
      2 months ago

      I know a lot of other social medias censor this idea, but throughout history, a lot of human rights only came about when people rose up to defend it.

    • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
      25·
      2 months ago

      I know that Americans will push back eventually, and I’vegot faith but, but the rest of the world is watching and wondering why you haven’t yet.

      • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        24·
        2 months ago

        We are pushing back, it’s just the US is far more spread out then European countries and protests are purposely not being covered in mainstream media. Not to say we couldn’t be better or doing more.

      • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
        19·
        2 months ago

        “our country is too big and no one is leading us”

        That’s it. That’s the reason. According to Americans on Lemmy/PieFed/Mastodon/Reddit is the drive to DC is too long. Regardless of where you live. Live in New York? it’s a long drive. California? it’s a very long drive. Maryland? way too long. Also unlike other countries Americans need a schedule and a specific time and date to do it. Other countries will just hit the streets with no planning, no times or dates, they just know something bad is happening and will leave their homes and protest. Americans don’t do that. they NEED someone else to organize for them to tell them something bad is happening and to let everyone know about it on this specific date,at this specific time and to please register online to confirm your attendance.

        The actual answer? deep down, the vast majority of americans simply don’t care.

        • FirstCircle@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          And don’t forget, the “doing something” has to be fun and entertaining and kid-friendly and there needs to be a convenient Starbucks nearby. Warm & sunny too, because who wants to be uncomfortable outside “doing something?”

    • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 months ago

      The US has put or helped keep more kings in power than they have taken out of power. Also, I would like to point out that King George III did not die in the American revolutionary war.

      • bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com
        3·
        2 months ago

        Indeed, America accepted thousands of Nazis with open arms, from Germany after the second world war. That worked out well.

        • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
          2·
          2 months ago

          Tbf they made some damn good rockets once you got them to shut up about the whole antisemitism thing.

          The US probably wouldnt have made it to the moon without having them. History is far more complex and nuanced than we often make it out to be

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      We kill kings.

      Are you in France? The last king killed by his own subjects was French king King Louis XVI. After that it was probably Tsar Nicholas II of Russia if you count him as a king. America sought independence from monarchy and never took the war to Britain.

      I get what you’re saying, but I think the whole “mindless, indiscriminate killing of people against us” narrative fits far better with people who fasten political flags to the beds of their pickup trucks and collect guns so they can shoot democrats alongside Jesus come Armageddon day.

      It’s not that I think there shouldn’t be capital punishment for heinous actions, but with both political sides calling each other “nazis” and the right saying the left is violent while ramping up violence, we have to be better about rhetoric and the chance for ambiguity. Lets get better.

    • verdi@feddit.org
      7·
      2 months ago

      That’s the story you’ve been told, it is in fact false. You save and help Nazis flee prosecution and the only kings you ever killed were the original inhabitants of America that you genocided in your manifest destiny.

      No amount of chest thumping is going to erase the fact you’re already living in the 4th reich and the best you can do about it is shoot some random blogger in the neck. And then you have the gall to ridicule the French…

      edit: Like someone mentioned below, the only king you killed was MLK.

    • Sideshow_B00b@lemmy.zip
      4·
      2 months ago

      But… but… ”zey vere just folloving orders”

      Punch-a-nazi would be a great substitute for whack-a-mole BTW