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LaMouffette

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Fri Mar 7, 2025, 03:19 PM Mar 2025

I think all the crazy shit Rump is doing is largely to provoke a violent uprising so that he can declare martial law. [View all]

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???
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