The march towards martial law is something that is often ignored by the general public, often labeled as Quackery or something belonging on conspiracy websites. But what’s happening in this country is exactly what our founders warned us about, and martial law is something they took very, very seriously.
What is martial law?
If you’re looking for a definition, then Martial Law basically means using state or national military force to enforce the will of the government on the people.
Under a declaration of martial law, Constitutional freedoms and liberties are suspended, and civilians are no longer entitled to their civil rights. It basically allows the government, or a tyrannical politician, to shred the Constitution and impose its will through military force.
History of Martial Law in the United States of America
“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.”
Winston Churchill
In one way or another, there have always been tyrants who have used the power of government to suppress and control the public. But if we are looking for specific examples of Martial Law being used inside the United States, we don’t have to look very hard or far to find them.
Using the strictest definition of the term, we can see the roots of martial law in America take hold during the lead up to the Revolutionary war. Although there were many reasons for the war, including resistance to taxes imposed by the British parliament, the main catalyst was England’s decision to use military troops to enforce everyday law throughout the colonies.
The beginning of the end? The Civil War Ushers in a Strong Central Government through Martial Law Enforcement
Flash forward a hundred years, and many of the most egregious examples of martial law can be found throughout the civil war. While today’s history books largely ignore the real reasons for the war or the many atrocities committed by President Lincoln, the facts of what really happened cannot be disputed.
The reason we have lost so many of our liberties can be tied directly to the civil war.
On September 15, 1863, President Lincoln imposed Congressionally-authorized martial law. While history contends the war was fought to end slavery, the truth is, Lincoln by his own admission never really cared about freeing slaves. In fact, Lincoln never intended to abolish slavery, his main interest was centralizing government power and using the federal government to exert complete control over all citizens. The abolishment of slavery was only a byproduct of the war. It actually took the 13th amendment to end slavery, since Lincoln actually only freed Southern slaves, not slaves in states loyal to the Union.
During the Civil War, Lincoln continually violated the Constitution, in some cases suspending the entire Constitution that he swore to uphold.
- He suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus without the consent of congress.
- He shut down newspapers whose writers displayed any dissent to Union policy or spoke out against him.
- He raised troops without the consent of Congress.
- He closed courts by force.
- He even imprisoned citizens, newspaper owners,and elected officials without cause and without a trial.
Our founders were very wary of using the military to enforce public policy, and concerns about this type of abuse date back to, and largely influenced, the creation of the Constitution. The founders continually warned about using military force to uphold law and order; unfortunately, most Americans are rather ignorant of history and are even more ignorant to what our founders intended when they created the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
What will happen under Martial law?
The actual words martial law will probably never be used.
The first thing you will likely see is a declaration of a “State of Emergency” — we witnessed this first hand during the so-called COVID pandemic. This may be done nationally, in cases of war or a large-scale terrorist attacks; or it may happen locally, as witnessed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
In August of 2005, New Orleans was declared a disaster area and a state of emergency was declared by the governor. This allowed state officials to order evacuations and forcefully remove residents from their homes, suspend certain laws, confiscate firearms, and suspend the sale of items like liquor, firearms, and ammunition.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police, the U.S. Marshals office, and the Louisiana National Guard forcibly confiscated over 1,000 legal firearms from law-abiding citizens.
Depending on the reasons behind the declaration you may also see:
- The suspension of the Constitution, probably starting with the first and second amendment.
- Confiscation of firearms; it has happened and it will happen again.
- Suspension of Habeas corpus: Imprisonment without due process and without a trial.
- Travel Restrictions, including road closures and possibly, even quarantine zones.
- Mandatory Curfews and Mandatory Identification.
- Automatic search and seizures without a warrant.
When can Martial Law be enacted?
When Martial Law can be enacted is a pretty touchy subject, largely because our founders never intended the federal government or a standing army be permitted to take such actions. Unfortunately, most people accept these unconstitutional activities and are more than willing to give up their essential liberties in exchange for peace of mind and not having to think for themselves.
This is something Benjamin Franklin warned about when he famously wrote,
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
How likely is martial law in the United States?
Let’s face it, this country is a ticking time bomb. From widespread social unrest, crime, and violence to a growing national debt which includes an entire subset of our population that depends on government assistance to exist, the writing is on the wall: Trouble is Coming.
In my opinion, we are already under a form of martial law. The founders never intended standing armies policing the citizens of the United States; sadly that is exactly what we have.
Drones, armored vehicles with high power weapons, tanks, and battlefield helicopters are no longer something that you see on some foreign battlefield; it’s now standard operating procedure at police stations throughout the country. Our federal government has poured billions of dollars into militarizing and taking over our country’s local police forces, in what can only be described as a domestic military force or standing army meant to enforce federal law.
President Bush Expands Martial Law Authority
On September 29, 2006, President George W. Bush signed the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122). The law expanded the President’s authority to declare Martial Law under revisions to the Insurrection Act and actually allowed the President to take charge of National Guard troops without state governor authorization.
While certain aspects of the bill were rolled back in 2008, President Obama used the 2012 NDAA to further strengthen the Executive offices ability to declare Martial Law and added provisions that would allow military troops to detain U.S. citizens without a trial.
President Obama Forms National Police Task Force; Uses Social unrest as Justification.
In March of 2015, the Obama administration put together a task force that outlined rules for our nation’s police.
In his Task Force on 21st-century policing report, he outlined the formation of a National Policing Practices and Accountability Division within the federal government. The report went on to describe how the Department of Homeland Security could be used to “ensure that community policing tactics in state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies are incorporated into their role in homeland security.”
Increasing number of Joint Police/Military Drills are using American Citizens as Theoretical Threats.
From the Jade Helm Military drills that classified Texas and Utah as hostile zones, to National Guard troops in California using crisis actors to portray “right-wing” U.S. citizens in their training exercises, over the last couple of decades there has been a growing number of military-style drills that are portraying American citizens as the perceived threat.
Back in 2012, an army report about the future use of the military as a police force within the United States looked at theoretical situations where the U.S. Army could be used against Tea Party “insurrectionists” who take over U.S. cities. During that same time period, the Department of Homeland Security released a report titled, “Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States,” where they outlined who the federal government sees as the largest terrorist threat in the country – that threat was U.S. citizens with extreme “right-wing” views.
The United Stated of America that our Founders created is gone; it’s been replaced by a system that has grown so powerful that most people don’t even realize they’ve become enslaved by that very system.
So how likely is Martial Law in the United States? Well, in some form it’s already here; unfortunately, most people choose to ignore the reality of the situation. That being said, to see it fully enacted we will likely first see a major crisis – either real or manufactured – something like a large-scale terror attack, war with a rogue nation, or a “major pandemic” disease outbreak.
Martial Law Preparedness Resources:
- Prepper 101: Your Survival Guide to Getting Started: General preparedness guidelines that will help during any crisis or long-term survival situation.
- Bugout Planning: During martial law, it’s likely that most routes of travel will be severely restricted making bugging out something you need to think about well ahead of time.
- Pandemics and How to Prepare for a Pandemic Outbreak: We list this here because it’s one disaster situation that has the potential to scare the entire populace into accepting some form of martial law, quarantine, and military checkpoints.
- Emergency Communication Preparedness Checklist: During times of crisis, especially a martial law situation, uncensored information will be hard to come by. In all likelihood, you will see a sort of digital quarantine on top of the physical barriers with information on the internet and digital airwaves controlled by the government. You need to have a plan to get unfiltered news and information from trusted sources.
- Best Emergency Food: The Top Survival Food Supplies: During any type of disaster you need to make sure you have adequate supplies on hand, including food, water, medical supplies, and self-defense supplies.
Oh, and to the people who in the 21st century still believe in god and not the Universe…..why would the father of all his children create a place where one would burn for eternity if one didn’t believe? What a callous man!!!! We are a product of the Universe, Proof is all around you!! The Universe has ALWAYS been here, and will ALWAYS be here. Our energy will continue to exist, either in the form we know it now or some other form. Energy will ALWAYS transmute, it’s a known fact.
Epic article. Epic comments section.
For real we have going have a war in us?
I’d rather live life thinking there is a god to die and find out there wasn’t than to live life thinking there isn’t to die and find out there was
Now I know how stupid my American people are…do u not know what u read or do u just read for the hell of it…it clearly stated that the Republicans and Democrats are equally at fault here…and all I hear is bashing Democrats…get your head out of your ass…NO the CONald Trump is not your savior and no Clinton either..Mr. Trump is already taking away some of your liberty with promises of being safe that’s a martial law tactic..and Hillary she’s just fucked in the head also…
So we all are at the moment of life .. Nothing really matters any more than what it is you do in the moment . That is what matters ! That could be what changes the world . Martial-Law is scary , many will die . Whether you have guns or not , whether you are in a bunker or in the air . Nothing will matter except what you do . God has already warned us , he has also named the ones who will survive . Forever is what we all thought as children .. It takes forever to get your license to drive , or your first kiss . All those amazing times could be erased . How and why ? Because of all you greedy people . GREED , our military will prob not fight for us but against us in a passive way . They will be fighting for the greedy , throwing us in prison or executing us . Who the boss will be ? Barrack Hussaine Obama aka Osama Hussaine Binladin and his refugees -Aka Isis -Aka American government . We have been blind sided as children / believing the American Dream . Again it’s what you do in the moment is what can or might change the world ! MY THOUGHTS are prob wrong , but I refuse to not believe them
Your thoughts are right on point! I say stay prayed up. The final battle has begun between good and evil. I pray for Jehovah’s protection for my family and friend and for the people who deserve his mercy.
And everyone loved Obama .. How do you feel now , knowing you voted in a savage monster who only wanted what we are facing today . We should of just gave him the third term !
America can blame the majority voters , the class who had most votes for Barrack Hussaine Obama . That just makes you sick . It does for me , I voted for Romney . And I would bet he wouldn’t be running this crap . It might not be much better , but defintley no martial law . He is a class act unlike are boss . Let’s impeach him , how about that ! Can we all get this together and impeach the guy before he pulls martial law
Impeach Obama
I think it has started with all those bombs going off. If Trump wins then that is it. Obama wants to be president over the UN. Oh please God protect us and deliver us from evil-our president.
Law enforcement in America is being groomed for Martial Law crackdown. The officers think of the public as rebellious and unreasonable and should NOT establish community relations with us anymore. The evil Fed’s are training our police force to attack us and lock us down anytime. The bad sign for many years is the attack upon the black male and destruction of the black family to stir up the racial division so they can take over and imprison the American Public.
A voice of reason.
That is NOT true everywhere. Have you attempted to have rapport with your local police force or Sheriff’s office? I suggest you “test” the waters where YOU live and do not believe everything you read on the internet.
When they have community meetings, attend them…get the facts from the horse’s mouth.
I’ve read most of the comments on this thread, and they’re quite “interesting” but not all true. You need to see for yourself what is true in your neck of the woods and what isn’t true. No doubt, there WILL be regional differences and differences between the countryside and urban areas. Get to know what’s true for your area and plan accordingly. If you need to move, by all means begin making the necessary arrangements. After all, the safety of you and yours is up to you. Act before it is too late. Prepare for yourself and yours.
Rural areas and small towns for the most part have more respectable police forces though some areas that are extreme in politics tend to have the most corruption where police have to have their quota rather then work to serve the public.
Maybe you’re right…maybe you’re paranoid. Please provide something we can all examine to see if your conclusions are valid.
Yeah, Alex Jones is an interesting character, but I’d take EVERYTHING he says with a grain of salt.
you people on this site are completely crazy. You have no education about anything.
That is a totally “unfair” comment. Maybe you are the crazy one? I don’t know. An offhand comment is just that…not backed by facts, not backed by discussion, just “thrown out there” as though we should take your word for it.
I have to ask: What is YOUR level of education? Or, more importantly, what “schools” did you attend to get the knowledge that “you have no education about anything”???
Honestly. I am just a regular run of the mill person. I’m not a racist, I regard all idiots with the same dislike. Every night for the last two weeks, I have watched military helicopters, fully armed with troops and weapons sweep the skies where I live. (Southwest Michigan). When will everyone wake up? We are being played into believing racism is alive and well. The police shootings. They are real, and I loathe what is happening. The police officers have been primed, trained and prepared to help incite racial unrest. Troops are being trained to sweep into our homes and collect our weapons. America is on a precipice, and the elite are going to push us over. We need to stop believing what the media is pushing down our throats and ban together and prepare for an all out war against the elite.
Maybe they have good reason to be patrolling your areas??? Have you “asked” any of the powers-that-be: What’s happening?
Don’t be afraid to ask the authorities. They don’t want you to be scared…or ignorant. Maybe they won’t tell you “everything” that’s going on, but they should have “some” information so you can make up your mind if what’s happening is for good or ill.
Don’t expect anyone else to do it for you.
Are you ready for when Obama using Donald Duck as a scapegoat tears down the power grid doing some stupid stuff? Of course it will be blamed on Russia or Korea or the Islamic state. Perhaps a combination of the three.
Strapped up and watch out for your family’s….. One Love to all ;-)
Its pointless to even argue about who’s going to be able to help us. Honestly the only thing we can do is prepare for it because it is going to happen. Obama is a piece of shit and he thinks he can take over this country. If he thinks trumps going to win the election hes going to have some emergency happen for him to call martial law. That’s why i think hes having all those stupid refugees come in, i guarantee hes the leader of ISIS he doesn’t ever do shit when something terrorist like happens.
The one thing nobody has mention beside politicians,Kings, presidents and saints are the ones who pull the strings.your blame is in the wrong direction.who are they and why is this being done to the common folk.then you will find the answer.no matter what color you are the answers will stun
God will not let his children suffer. America needs to repent for their sins other wise terror is coming to the United states because America has turned its back of the Lord. God will send his precious son to collect all his faithful children. You may mock God now but when you wake up and realize were gone then you’ll be sorry. People don’t know but Obama is using them to get what he wants and thats more power. All lives matter and that’s what everyone needs to be for, not just one race but all races.
The people in Europe for the most part have turned their backs on God in the 90s and now they are falling apart. They haven’t been this much in shambles since 1939-1940 with all the fighting and regions appearing/disappearing over night in some cases when the Poland Crisis went out of control.
In all of reality, if this were to start it would be the end of the world as we know it. NOBODY WINS!
Lets get something strait, Jesus and God are not going to swoop down to save us. It’s up to us, why do you think we have freedom of choice. Claiming that God will save us without doing anything about it ourselves is about as pathetic as it sounds. Relying on God to fix all of our mistakes is a ridiculous mindset. Fight for your freedoms, fight to be equals, fight to love and bring peace, because if God has to sort it out, he’s not going to pick you as his favorite just because you said “I love you”. Help yourselves and you will receive help.
THAT is why the Republicans and Conservatives sit on their ass while the Lefties go thru city centres and destroy legit businesses and burn cars. They think if things get bad god will *save them* mysteriously.
Nope sorry but what God DOES do is help those that help themselves THEN the miracles tend to start happening otherwise your a dying shell and God let’s you be.
Do you want to live to be or pretend to live? Red pill or Blue Pill?
Equally if you try to go at at alone without God or family support you will fall on your own arrogance. It happened to many in the 1930s where families split up to look for work and fell apart maybe finding one or two short term jobs.
Instead of relying on God and each other for strength they thought they could *conquare* it alone instead the limits of their humanity show.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Only fools say in their hearts that there is no God. So all you who fit this billing tell me what the solution is to all the moral decay, civil unrest, economic woes, distrust and hatred for our fellow man, poverty, increasing natural disasters, if not God. He laughs at all the fool’s folly who thinks of himself as being wise.
IV never been a person who is concerned about what color, religion, or social class someone belongs to I am just a live and let live type of person. I had never really considered the point of black peoples ancestors having to start from scratch. While I by no means inherited or stand to inherit any thing I did have a co-signer for my first house. I wasn’t given the money but the opportunity because my grandparents had the credit. If you really stop and think about it that is priceless. Where would you be if the generations before had been unable to do things like that. I understand that everyone should work and pay their own way but I also understand that it would be even more difficult to motivate me if I felt like the chips where stacked against me from birth. I just wish everyone of all races would really stop and try and see things from the others side. Even if we don’t agree with it.
I may be completely wrong (bc IV never been black) but I have never felt any type of “white privlege” when it came to education or employment opportunities. We all have the same things available to us. The difference in my opinion lies with the mentality of what we face in our day to day life. You said it yourself I wouldn’t want to live in a “hood” area as you described where survival would be a daily concern. College and job opportunities would probably not be a priority in my life.
now all that being said I also understand why white America feels like black people just use skin color as an excuse. All they know is the here and now. They see black on black crime and welfare and public housing ect as having to work to support other families while they struggle to support their own. But in actuality welfare and such programs are a very tiny portion of what our tax dollars are being spent on. Secondly they never really stop and think about all the stuff I first mentioned about starting from scratch.
Honestly we all need to stop blaming everyone else and realize big government is the real enemy and we only have our selves to blame. We all are so wrapped up in our own struggles that we got complacent in trusting America to fast talkers and liars. We all think I’m just one person what can I do to fix it. And no one wants to break the eggs to make the omelette so to speak. So we just keep going along to get along. Meanwhile the government has been very slowly turning up the fire in the pot we are all boiling in so we wouldn’t notice.
sorry this was meant to be a repy to a way earlier coment
I wouldn’t call millions of dollars every year tiny. Nor would I call 50 trillion in debt tiny either. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Trillions of dollars actually.