“Martial Law” in America’s Founding Era
THE LAWFUL CHECK AGAINST “MARTIAL LAW” WERE THEN AND REMAIN TODAY “THE MILITIA OF THE SEVERAL STATES”General Gage’s imposition of “the law martial” left...
“Martial Law” Under President Abraham Lincoln
“Martial law *** applies to civilians and involves the substitution of a military régime and military tribunals in a whole community in place of the...
“Martial Law” Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indefinite DetentionsAs to how extensively the perverse practice of indefinite detention might be applied in the future, the background of Korematsu v. U.S. provides a...
“Martial Law” in the United States Today
"Martial Law" in the United States Today Under Color of "Homeland Security" The most realistic as well as least complicated explanation for the feverish...
“Standing Armies”
AMERICANS’ DEEP AND ABIDING SUSPICION OF “STANDING ARMIES” EMBODIED IN “THE MILITIA OF THE SEVERAL STATES”The Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress...
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