Martial Law is coming. Here is a likely playbook of what happens next

[Mr.WeRP]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/trump-insurrection-act-april-20-20269810.php

On Jan. 20, Trump issued an executive order tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending “whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.” The deadline for that report is April 20.
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He also replaced the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with a CPAC-darling who endeared himself to Trump by wearing a MAGA hat. And he fired the Judge Advocate Generals for the Army, Navy and Air Force — the top uniformed lawyers responsible for reviewing the orders from the commander-in-chief and defense secretary to determine whether they’re legal. Trump’s defense secretary explained this action was taken preemptively to prevent the JAGs from blocking “orders that are given by a commander in chief.” Clearing the way, among other things, for the White House to begin consolidating federal law enforcement under military leadership. The Secretary of the Army, for example, in a move consistent with preparing for martial law, was just placed in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with surprisingly little push back.

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Let’s be clear what this adds up to: The man who promised to “declare martial law on day one” has wasted no time taking actions designed to subvert the military to meet this end.
Yet despite Trump’s fondness for blasting through norms, there is one norm upon which his apparent plan, and political survival, depends: the military recognizing him as their commander-in-chief and obeying his orders.
That norm is no more carved in stone than any other.

More at the link but essentially, once Trump issues an order to use the military against the civilian population or any other illegal order, the military, as coded into military law, can remove any executive, including the President, who would violate the Constitution. Ultimately, declaring Martial Law may backfire on Trump. Our only hope, if he does, is that the Military removes him.