[Mo1]

Several legal authorities have asserted that the Louisiana Constitution does not allow "martial law" to be declared.

You have got to be kidding me??

How the heck are they going to get control of that place?

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Destruction from Hurricane Katrina to the bridge of U.S. 90 over St. Louis Bay.

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Destruction from Hurricane Katrina to Beach Boulevard and the coastline in Bay St. Louis.

Looks like a nuclear bomb hit.

[Ellesu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law#The_U.S._State_of_Louisiana

Louisiana martial law

[Conservababe]

Louisiana's laws descend from Napoleonic laws. It is much different than the rest of the country. Lawyers who pass the bar in Louisiana usually cannot ever pass any other state bar because it is so unique.

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The First Baptist Church still stands, but in ruins in Gulfport.

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Members of the Florida Taskforce 3 prepare to work their way through the destroyed remains of homes and buuildings in east Biloxi.

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A member of the Florida Taskforce 3 makes his way past an American flag that was recovered from the destroyed remains of a home in east Biloxi.

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A member of the Florida Taskforce 3 begins to show the wear of the long searches in East Biloxi.

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Dora the dog sits stranded on a roof.

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Portions of Highway 90 lie crumbled.

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Kenneth Brinson serves food organized by the East Main Missionary Baptist Church to help residents.

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Beth Stump, right, works to comfort her two daughters, Breanna, 9-weeks-old, and Bonnie, 2, as the three waited to get food from the Salvation Army in east Biloxi. The family home was washed off its foundation and into the street.