Just wondering your thoughts on this,

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Not a lawyer, but the Supreme Court declared Abraham Lincoln's declaration of martial law unconstitutional. That said, the Court also said:

The President can declare martial law when circumstances warrant it: When the civil authority cannot operate, then martial law is not only constitutional, but would be necessary: "If, in foreign invasion or civil war, the courts are actually closed, and it is impossible to administer criminal justice according to law, then, on the theatre of active military operations, where war really prevails, there is a necessity to furnish a substitute for the civil authority, thus overthrown, to preserve the safety of the army and society; and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course. As necessity creates the rule, so it limits its duration; for, if this government is continued after the courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction. It is also confined to the locality of actual war."
Of course, there will always be wrangling about whether this actually means martial law, but there's precedent for it to be unconstitutional.*
 

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Personally, I have no trust for Bush. I see him as the new nixon, probably worse than.
He seems to think he is above the law and is a liar.
He also seems to be just stupid enough to possibly.... I don't know... set up a fake terrorist attack?
YouTube - GEORGE BUSH'S POWER GRAB... IS MARTIAL LAW COMING?
YouTube - HOMELAND SEC COMMITTEE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE MARTIAL LAW PLAN!

While I'm not banking on this being in the foreseeable feature, I'm keeping my passport on hand. (I need it anyway)
You'd find that most cases, Bush is above the law, the law we're all used to be subject to. And in a lot of cases, he makes or even is the law.*
 

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Conspiracy theory; not to mention your citing a website run by Alex Jones.

Also, the power to declare martial law is partially written into the Constitution (as in, the clause allowing for the removal of habeas corpus).
 

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me too

it doesnt mean jack tho. everyone has one
 

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