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Does this President Trump text establish the pretext for the implementation of Martial Law? I suspect this may be where we are heading. If the Dems don’t fund the wall, them President Trump declares Martial Law. Then, the whole mechanism we’ve been waiting for begins!
I suspect the Dems will figure this out quickly and cave into President Trump, in order to further try and prevent full public broadcast of declassification. This is going to be delicious!
Not sure about "martial law" but the post seems to be setting up Trump building the wall with military funds, national security is the reason.
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Does this President Trump text establish the pretext for the implementation of Martial Law? I suspect this may be where we are heading. If the Dems don’t fund the wall, them President Trump declares Martial Law. Then, the whole mechanism we’ve been waiting for begins!
I suspect the Dems will figure this out quickly and cave into President Trump, in order to further try and prevent full public broadcast of declassification. This is going to be delicious!
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I don’t think they are trying to find a pretext for Martial Law. I believe they want to avoid that term, and troops in the streets, if possible.
With the various emergencies all ready declared, many have stated that we are actually already under a form of martial law-just no troops in the streets, and not calling it that.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens. I think that they found a lot more stuff than they originally thought they would, and so expanded the operation, and I have the patience to let them get all the ducks in a row.
Interesting times we live in. Feb 1 - food stamp money runs out is what I’ve read. Could be some food riots -maybe? Time will tell.
That's not going to happen.
The use of martial law (rule by the Military) has been extremely sparse in American history. Lincoln did not declare martial law even during the Civil War. Several steps that he did take were later found Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and the Congress passed additional laws to limit the use of the US Military in domestic affairs, specifically the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Wikipedia article on Martial Law lists all the uses of it by the Federal Government, and is worth a quick perusal.
President Trump has shown much greater fidelity to the Constitution than any President since Reagan, so I don't think he's going to start flagrantly ignoring it with some mass martial-law decree.
I know that's a popular fantasy here, but it's just not going to happen, short of the legitimate reasons for it like a serious attack on the USA by foreign armies. (Red Dawn scenario, which again is not going to happen).
No way martial law is declared in the USA in 2019.