

That's necessary because many states will dust the books for how to commit secession and successful enforcement required force and war.

Little appreciation is given to the logistic matter of actually imposing it and whether the subordinates to the enforcers actually are in line with the guy in charge.įor Trump to be a dictator proper in this country, there would need be a substantial invasion of all 50 states, wholesale dissolution of each state's legislature and governor, even Republican ones. Lawyers understand that those words actually cause no "material harm" but the populace can be sent into an emotional tizzy with just words. The President's scope of power is also overrated by a few degrees of magnitude.Ī few fat cat lawyers being paid for the hours spend typing up any suit, even dead end ones, uttering that they "want" martial law is pure posturing.

With understanding so deficient, the general populace are taught that the federal government is basically the only thing that matters and the word "states" are just words with pure symbolic value than entities who still hold power and the money behind that power. They know that most of the population have a grade school sense of politics and an extraordinary naiveté to the skill and level of mastery in deception and playing 4d chess people who get into the legal system, like politicians, lawyers, etc have. The fostered perceived threat of martial law is essentially a campaign to stoke irrational fear most of the American populace and have them react in manner the elites desire. He was granted anonymity in order to speak without fear of reprisal.Ī half-dozen officers in similar positions agree that while there is zero chance that the uniformed leadership would involve itself in any scheme to create an election-related reversal, they worry that the military could get sucked into a crisis of Trump's making, particularly if the president tries to rally private militias and pro-Trump paramilitaries in an effort to disrupt the transition and bring violence to the capital." "I've been associated with the military for over 40 years and I've never seen the discussions that are being had right now, the need for such discussions," says a retired flag officer, currently a defense contractor who has mentored and advised his service's senior leaders. According to one officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, the planning is being kept out of sight of the White House and Trump loyalists in the Pentagon for fear that it would be shut down. And military commands responsible for Washington DC are engaged in secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period. " Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law.
