[ArmyTeach]

...umm, I think it's martial law.

[rineaux]

Yes, Konaice pointed the error out to me on an early post. Thank you. A thousand pardons and camel for your forgiveness.

[DK Zimmerman]

Martial law is correct, yet inappropriate.

The JAG folks claim that despite its popularity/frequency of use, there is no such thing that US Armed Forces can invoke. They (US fed forces) can be ordered in to establish control, but there is no doctrinal "thing" called martial law for them to enforce.

It's a wierdness.