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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think all the crazy shit Rump is doing is largely to provoke a violent uprising so that he can declare martial law.
Or a large-scale peaceful protest that he can order the J6 thugs to infiltrate and make violent.
From Military.com:
What Is Martial Law?
While not specifically defined in the U.S. Constitution, many legal experts consider martial law to be the use of military personnel to dramatically assist or completely replace a nation's normal legal system in times of emergency. Whether any given use of the military rises to the level of martial law is tied to exactly how much military support or action is used.
Under total martial law, the normal American law enforcement and legal system is replaced by a stricter set of laws and punishments that is completely controlled by the military or executive branch of the government. The normal checks and balances system built into the Constitution is suspended.
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If this comes to pass and Rump suspends all laws, what then???

pamdb
(1,424 posts)Will declare that we cannot hold the 2026 Mid Terms because of "unrest."
CANADIANBEAVER69
(693 posts)If there is "Unrest" he will do it in a heartbeat and the other branches will or already have given consent. No elections, and well, because he said they would take care of it so no one needed to vote again. Right in plain sight.
RockRaven
(17,620 posts)He doesn't even need martial law. And even if he did, he doesn't need a valid excuse for it.
LaMouffette
(2,519 posts)National Guard units without the consent of each state's governors.
S/V Loner
(9,390 posts)canetoad
(19,278 posts)And have thought so for a while. He's just pushing for a fight.
ProfessorGAC
(73,558 posts)Requires strategic thinking not in evidence.
NowsTheTime
(1,155 posts)Mossfern
(4,083 posts)I think that eventually it will be Magats that take to the streets. We knew what a Trump presidency would look like.
They were "blindsided" and found out that Trump doesn't really give a shit about them.
Nothing stokes rage so much as betrayal.
It will be interesting.
imanamerican63
(15,211 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:25 PM - Edit history (1)
