Stephen Miller's Authoritarian Declaration: Trump ‘will not be questioned’

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Senior White House policy adviser Stephen Miller made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows over the weekend, and his comments about voter fraud have earned him justifiably dim reviews. The Washington Post's Philip Bump and Fact Checker Glenn Kessler dealt with those claims in depth.

But amid all the baseless and false statements about electoral integrity, Miller did something even more controversial: He expanded upon his boss's views of whether judges are allowed to question President Trump's authority. And at one point, Miller even said Trump's national security decisions "will not be questioned."

Here's the key exchange, with "Face the Nation's" John Dickerson (emphasis added):

DICKERSON: When I talked to Republicans on the Hill, they wonder, what in the White House -- what have you all learned from this experience with the executive order?

MILLER: Well, I think that it's been an important reminder to all Americans that we have a judiciary that has taken far too much power and become, in many cases, a supreme branch of government. One unelected judge in Seattle cannot remake laws for the entire country. I mean this is just crazy, John, the idea that you have a judge in Seattle say that a foreign national living in Libya has an effective right to enter the United States is -- is -- is beyond anything we've ever seen before.

The end result of this, though, is that our opponents, the media and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.

 

It might have been excused as a little over-exuberance, except that Miller said similar things in his other Sunday show appearances.

He said on "Meet the Press": "The bottom line is that a district judge -- a district judge in Seattle -- cannot make immigration law for the United States, cannot give foreign nationals and foreign countries rights they do not have and cannot prevent the president of the United States from suspending the admission of refugees from Syria."

And on "Fox News Sunday": "This is a judicial usurpation of the power. It is a violation of judges' proper roles in litigating disputes. We will fight it. And we will make sure that we take action to keep from happening in the future what's happened in the past."

Read More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/13/stephen-millers-audacious-controversial-declaration-trumps-national-security-actions-will-not-be-questioned/?utm_term=.c5aa2103603a

Surprised this hasn't been a thread here already. Scary talk, they seem to be actively threatening opposition and the media. Stephen Miller is talking about 'making sure' that judges will be unable to prevent Trump from creating and enforcing laws that may conflict with the constitution. He is talking about taking action to make sure that Trump's power is unquestioned....  

 

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it's tyrannical talk and you're right it is scary and it is dangerous to US democracy. the judiciary is doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing, checking that the executive branch operates in accordance to the US constitution. 

 

stephen miller is someone to watch out for cause he's clearly prodding the president in the wrong direction.  

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@America

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AMERICA SIS RUN

THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE (WHITE) HOUSE

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1 hour ago, Rebel Heart said:

@America

Perfect gif 

OT: Good luck with that one, Americans. Fingers crossed nothing serious happens.

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We're starting to move into dangerous territory.

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Hope the Dump supporters are happy with their tyrant in office. 

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Now I know who President Snow inherited Penam from 

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