A Quick Primer on “Martial Law”
Whenever there is civil unrest or a natural disaster in some part of the United States, people on the internet invariably start to rumble that someone or another might declare “martial law.” The thing is, the people expressing concerns about martial law rarely seem to understand the meaning of the term. In order to help shed some light on the topic, we wanted to offer this brief primer on martial law – and an explanation as to why the Missouri…