Martial law Is a real possibility I am afraid

[still_one]

[dware]

1. You mean Martial Law? nt

[still_one]

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[elleng]

2. Martial

Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to a temporary emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Wikipedia

[still_one]

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Martial law.

[still_one]

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[Wounded Bear]

4. Martial...nt

[murielm99]

5. Marshall Law?

Is he related to Marshall Dillon?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Maybe his brother-in-law at Nicodemus, Kansas?

[sarisataka]

6. I like Marshall, Will and Holly

but last I heard they left on a routine expedition...

[Caliman73]

7. Martial Law

A Marshall is a law enforcement officer. Martial Law is when the military takes over enforcement of the laws in a civilian center.


More likely, the local and State governments will use the National Guard to get things under control but not turn full control over to the military.

[dware]

11. Actually,

it's United States Marshal's Service.

[Caliman73]

16. touche

You are correct. The Marshals are a particular Law Enforcement branch of the federal government.

I guess if you are going to be a pedant, you need to be accurate.

[dware]

17. LOL,

I hope I didn't come across as a jerk, that definitely wasn't my intent.

[Caliman73]

20. Not at all.

[msongs]

8. arson, looting, that sort of thing nt

[Freethinker65]

13. Curfews for affected areas.

Changing current Trump doctrine of "open up or else" and encouraging Trump loyalists to storm capitol buildings with weapons to Martial Law might not go so smoothly. Also Trump needs the social unrest to continue so he can blame minorities and Democrats.

Now if Trump gets a second term, it becomes more likely.

[SlogginThroughIt]

15. JFC people you knew what was meant.

Now we have to have a ton of replies on the spelling.

[Caliman73]

18. JFC is their chicken better than KFC?

Dude, you have to know that we are a bunch of pedants and grammar police here in DU. Don't get all bent out of shape.

[SlogginThroughIt]

22. jesus is it good!

Hahaha. I am mostly saying it jokingly.
It was sort of funny to see the subject of the post and then a bunch of replies criticizing him.

[Caliman73]

23. We suck that way sometimes.

I think that people have specific pet peeves that motivate them to post.

My wife gets annoyed with me because I try to be as accurate as possible with my descriptors and I can certainly be annoying with it.

We read The Giver with our kids and one of the phrases used by characters in the book is "Precision of Language" We say it mostly as a joke now, but like I said, some people, when they see the incorrect words or phrases being used, it just demands an answer.

No offense intended in my responses and no offense taken. I always say that if you are going to critique others, you better be able to take critique in return.

[J_William_Ryan]

19. No, it's not.

See Ex parte Milligan (1866).

[Demovictory9]

21. America got through weeks and weeks of Occupy Wall Street protests

lets see how tomorrow goes