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onenote

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28. Another fear mongering post by someone who doesn't know what "martial law" is.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:40 AM
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i've lost count of the number of DU posters who have predicted the imminent declaration of martial law.

None of those predictions have come to pass and virtually all of them reflect a misunderstanding of what "martial law" actually is.
The Supreme Court long ago explained what martial law is and the limits of its implementation under the Constitution:

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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Another fear mongering post by someone who doesn't know what "martial law" is. onenote Saturday #28
It never ceases to astound me on how many people have no understanding of Martial Law, MarineCombatEngineer Saturday #30
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