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I dunno about that. I know that in case of emergency there is an OPLAN to divide the country into seven military districts, each headed by a military governor with full arrest powers and a separate military force under his or her control. How effective they could be would be determined by the willingness of those forces to fire on citizens of the USA. But think of our very own resident author (Travis McGee) and his trilogy EFAD that dealt with almost exactly this scenario. What would be the potential for foreign intervention by UN forces or others? That's the real danger, IMO. YMMV.

What would be the potential for foreign intervention by UN forces or others? That's the real danger,

Oh, be still my heart!

UN troops in America - a chance to eliminate both Foreign and Domestic enemies at the same time! Excellent. The stuff every redblooded American patriot has been dreaming of since Jane Fonda was still an attractive little whore conspiring with the enemy!

I'm reminded by the quote from Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller:

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"

I know that in case of emergency there is an OPLAN to divide the country into seven military districts

The US divided into 7 districts? That makes for a great deal of "border" to enforce. Although it has some advantages, it also has drawbacks.

What would be the potential for foreign intervention by UN forces or others?

Not much I would think. At least in the sense of making a strategic military difference. It doesn't seem likely that the French or Dutch or Germans would lend many (if any) troops to a UN "peacekeeping" force deployed in the US. However, I can see Obama getting a small number of forces that could be technically seen as UN involvement. Just enough to make the claim that it is a "multinational force" helping restore order. Complete BS, of course.

OTOH, if we envision an international economic crisis / collapse that enabled Obama to justify martial law or such, it seems unlikely that anyone in the EU would be in the condition to loan out troops. The $hit will be hitting the fan everywhere in the west.