By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
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It is difficult these days not to come upon some pessimistic patriotic commentator expressing the fear that something called “martial law” may soon be imposed on this country, as the General Government’s response to a new “terrorist attack”, or to the economic and social chaos arising out of a collapse of the monetary and banking systems, or to some other dire event that frightens hapless Americans into trading a sure and certain loss of their liberties for a dollop of conjectural safety.
In legal analysis, definitions of terms make all the difference. And “martial law” can be defined in at least four ways..
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