Professor
Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law , St. Paul , Minnesota
, points out some INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION:
Number of States won by:
Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Democrats: 127 Million Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory
Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of
the country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens
living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of
government welfare...."
Olson believes the United States is now
somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler '
s definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation ' s
population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years.
IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BY ALL MEANS, DON'T SHARE.
IF YOU ARE NOT then SHARE IT to help everyone realize just how much is
at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis.
Martial law is usually imposed on a temporary basis when the civilian
government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively (e.g.,
maintain order and security, or provide essential services), when there
are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law
becomes widespread.
In most of the cases, military forces are
deployed to subdue the crowds, to secure government buildings and key or
sensitive locations, and to maintain order.[1] Generally, military
personnel replace civil authorities and perform some or all of their
functions. In full-scale martial law, the highest-ranking military
officer would take over, or be installed, as the military governor or as
head of the government, thus removing all power from the previous
executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.[1]
Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the
public. Such incidents may occur after a coup d'état (such as Thailand
in 2006); when threatened by popular protest (China, Tiananmen Square
protests of 1989); to suppress political opposition (Poland in 1981); to
stabilize insurrections or perceived insurrections (Canada, The October
Crisis of 1970). Martial law may be declared in cases of major natural
disasters, however most countries use a different legal construct, such
as a state of emergency.
Martial law has also been imposed
during conflicts and in cases of occupations, where the absence of any
other civil government provides for an unstable population. Examples of
this form of military rule include post World War II reconstruction in
Germany and Japan as well as the southern reconstruction following the
U.S. Civil War.
Typically, the imposition of martial law
accompanies curfews, the suspension of civil law, civil rights, habeas
corpus, and the application or extension of military law or military
justice to civilians. Civilians defying martial law may be subjected to
military tribunal (court-martial).
