Martial law in the United States refers to times in United States history in which a region, state, city, or the whole United States was placed under the control of a military body. On a national level, both the US President and the US Congress have the power, within certain constraints, to impose martial law since both can be in charge of the militia. In nearly every state, the governor has the power to impose martial law within the borders of the state.^[1] In the United States, martial law has been used in a limited number of circumstances, such as New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans; after major disasters, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, or during riots, such as the Omaha race riot of 1919 or the 1920 Lexington riots; local leaders declared martial law to protect themselves from mob violence, such as Nauvoo, Illinois, during the Illinois Mormon War, or Utah during the Utah War; or in response to chaos associated with protests and rioting, such as the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, in Hawaii after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, and during the Civil Rights Movement in response to the Cambridge riot of 1963.

Legal basis

The martial law concept in the United States is closely tied to the right of habeas corpus, which is, in essence, the right to a hearing and trial on lawful imprisonment, or more broadly, the supervision of law enforcement by the judiciary. The ability to suspend habeas corpus is related to the imposition of martial law.^[2] Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution states, “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” There have been many instances of the use of the military within the borders of the United States, such as during the Whiskey Rebellion, President Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus in 1861 in order to arrest of one-third of the Maryland state assembly, and in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, but those acts are not tantamount to a declaration of martial law.^{[citation needed]}

In United States law, martial law is limited by several court decisions that were handed down between the American Civil War and World War II.^{[citation needed]} In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids US military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval.

Throughout history, martial law has been imposed at least 68^[3] times in limited, usually local areas of the United States. Martial law was declared for these reasons: Twice for war or invasion, seven times for domestic war or insurrection, eleven times for riot or civil unrest, 29 times for labor dispute, four times for natural disaster and fifteen times for other reasons.^[3] Habeas corpus was suspended federally only once in 1863 during the Civil War.^[3]

Based on opposition by Congress, individual state Governors, law enforcement community, and absence of clarity on who even introduced these changes, the ‘Enforcement of the Laws to Restore Public Order’ law was repealed on January 28, 2008, (based on Sen. Pat Leahy’s S. 513 proposal to repeal) and the previous Insurrection Act was restored. As of 2020, the Insurrection Act of 1807 still applies in limiting a US President’s ability under Title 10 to federalize National Guard troops for martial law purposes.^[38]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I cannot make this any clearer than this. We are not at war, not getting invaded, have not had a house fall on our heads. There are no legal grounds for this to happen in our country in any state. The act of blocking people from their daily lives, jobs, access to healthcare, education, caring for elderly parents, obtaining food, voting are all getting unjustly violated. Hiring ICE and placing National Guards to roam the streets hunting down innocent Americans isn’t what they were trained to do. They are there in case of actual physical attacks by our enemies.

Donald is using this as a major wag the dog, a red herring much like Monica was used to distract Bill Clinton during the USS Cole attacks. WE all remember that don’t we? Cigar Gate, the Dog House, yeah, it’s like that. This time there are no cigars, no dog houses, but there are pedophile acts too many have come forward that cannot be denied.

Instead of facing the music that will not be pleasant, will land him in jail, Donald Trump prefers to create false crisis in our own states, country. Are there monkeys running thru our streets? NO. Have we seen tanks run by Russians aiming for our homes or schools? Not yet. This is fake. This is not a drill, its fake. No grounds for National Guards nor ICE to be running down innocent women and children, anyone whom they think, might, possibly, could be but are not sure they might be undocumented. Let’s get real. The true terrorists are in the White House, in Congress and Senate aiding and abetting this wanna be derelict, maybe, possibly, could be, but we are not sure, President.

Normally I use sheep to do my talking, but since I have truth and the law on my side, and I am not a professional journalist, I am not afraid to tell the truth. I have founding fathers, military generals, police, our veterans, citizens, people, on my side. That is quite a wall of honesty and integrity. I don’t need props, or guys in clown costumes walking around like overcompensating little boys. I have not been told to shut up and leave. I am not going anywhere and if someone offers me gators I know how to prepare them. Sharks take a little more soaking in vinegar, but yeah, I have cooked them too.

Ya don’t scare me, Donald. I am not going away any time soon. By the way, you do know Ghislane has more than one copy up her skirt. No madam worth her salt does not keep at least 5 copies to be used as blackmail. Will they tell you or anyone else? No, but I have it on good authority, you are toast. No amount of hide the salami is going to work. Like Putin, they will use you like their puppet, let you take the fall for their and your actions.

So, folks the chessboard is set, and he is cornered, which way will he go next? When animals are up against their enemas, they do three things, threaten, snap and snarl, go for the jugular. Meaning my bet is the closer this gets to him, the more he is likely to put us all up as his pawns so we can’t fight back. He can only push so far before even SCOTUS tells his sorry behind, game over.

Maga is waking up to discover the man behind the curtain was nothing more than a thief and liar. They were used, lied to and will suffer like the rest of us. I am all for prayer, but this time, not even the TEN COMMANDMENTS, TORAH, PROTESTANT BIBLE verses can make this go away. Put your guns away, and instead, go to the voting booths and vote him and all of his cronies that have aided and abetted him, financially gained from your tax dollars, out.

We don’t need January 6 to repeat, just our voices and our votes, refusal to accept what he will do next. Unless you like getting chased in the grocery store while groping fruit by guys wearing masks. I mean some women get turned on by that, me I prefer to do my groping elsewhere. That came out wrong, but you get the idea. I won’t be pushed around by guys playing tough guy. I won’t let your voices get drowned out. If he wants to silence me, I will only use it for another blog.

Folks, this is our chessboard, we control it. Marial Law may be coming, but I say direct them to the White House, no guns, no January 6 repeats. Just a firm NO.