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In reply to the discussion: Do you think we will have martial law a ? [View all]onenote
(42,714 posts)36. No.And most people who think we will don't know what martial law is.
Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2 (1866)
"If, in foreign invasion or civil war, the courts are actually closed, and it is impossible to administer criminal justice according to law, then, on the theatre of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority, thus overthrown, to preserve the safety of the army and society; and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course. As necessity creates the rule, so it limits its duration; for, if this government is continued after the courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction. It is also confined to the locality of actual war."
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I never thought I would see things like QAnon and Pizzagate enter the political mainstream
ck4829
Feb 2020
#1
"How do you solve a problem like" (Maria) a mis-characterization of a concept...
not_the_one
Feb 2020
#65
If we do i hope government building fly the Trump flag. Might as well go full
dem4decades
Feb 2020
#9
I think the possibility of this is greater now than at any other time in the last 50 yrs
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#26
A few years ago I posted that I was fearful that we would see another civil war.
redstatebluegirl
Feb 2020
#53
the "south" (NOT everyone who lives there) and plenty of racist sympathizers
Nature Man
Feb 2020
#58