ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf you are ever feeling like what you are doing is meaningless, remember that there are American lawyers and judges who have spent many years studying US constitutional law.message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down123
arrow-up1520arrow-down1message-squareIf you are ever feeling like what you are doing is meaningless, remember that there are American lawyers and judges who have spent many years studying US constitutional law.ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoIve been wondering what the difference is between an executive that ignores court orders and acts counter to congressional laws and martial law.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoMartial law would probably allow stricter control of the internet… so Americans like me probably wouldn’t be able to use Lemmy. (And I’d probably also end up getting summarily executed by the American Gestapo/SS, since… I’m not white… 😖)
minus-squareastutemural@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoMartial law generally has legal mechanisms in place to provide some limitations to duration etc. In other words, it would be an improvement over what is currently happening.
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAmount of police/national guard troops, maybe?
Ive been wondering what the difference is between an executive that ignores court orders and acts counter to congressional laws and martial law.
Martial law would probably allow stricter control of the internet… so Americans like me probably wouldn’t be able to use Lemmy.
(And I’d probably also end up getting summarily executed by the American Gestapo/SS, since… I’m not white… 😖)
Martial law generally has legal mechanisms in place to provide some limitations to duration etc.
In other words, it would be an improvement over what is currently happening.
Amount of police/national guard troops, maybe?