HomeEditorialUS Opinion and EditorialWhat Would Happen If Martial Law Was Declared In America?

What Would Happen If Martial Law Was Declared In America?

 In recent weeks, there has been a lot of concern that an upcoming eight week military exercise on U.S. soil known as “Jade Helm” is Martial-Law-Public-Domain-300x300actually a dress rehearsal for the imposition of martial law in this country.  One of the reasons for the high level of concern is that we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of “urban warfare exercises” conducted by the U.S. military in major U.S. cities over the past decade – including exercises where “dissidents” are hunted down, arrested and hauled away. 

As our world becomes increasingly unstable, and as our society rapidly decays from within, many believe that it is only a matter of time before the executive branch will have sufficient excuse to use the extensive martial law powers that it has been accumulating since 9/11.  When that day arrives, what will our nation look like?  What would actually happen if martial law was declared in America?

Well, the first thing that you need to know is that the U.S. Constitution would be “suspended”.

In other words, you would suddenly have no rights at all.

There would be no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press, no freedom of assembly and you could be arrested at any time for any reason whatsoever.

For the duration of the “emergency”, the military would be in control.  There would be troops in the streets, a curfew would almost certainly be imposed, and armed checkpoints would be set up.

If the “emergency” lasted long enough, we would probably see authorities go house to house confiscating firearms, ammunition and food supplies.

And perhaps most troubling of all, “dissidents” and “subversives” would likely be rounded up and imprisoned.

Perhaps you don’t think that this could ever happen in the United States in 2015.

Well, we do know that this is precisely what the FBI had a plan to do in the 1950s.  The following is an excerpt from a recent RT article

Documents show the FBI created a “Plan C” during the Cold War, which could have been triggered in the event the US underwent a nuclear attack. It included putting the nation under martial law, rounding up “subversives,” and interning enemy diplomats.

The documents, acquired by transparency journalism organization MuckRock, detail the FBI plan created in 1956, which was shared with several top officials from every governmental department. The FBI also distributed papers regarding the plan to its field offices. The plan would have gone into effect “after a war has begun in which the US is involved or may become involved and prior to an actual attack on the US itself,” according to the documents.

Under Plan C, martial law would be declared and the FBI would enact its ‘Emergency Detention Program,’ which entailed apprehending individuals whose affiliations with subversive organizations “are so pronounced that their continued liberty in the event of a national emergency would present a serious threat to the internal security of the country.” The document shows that as of April 1956, almost 13,000 people “were scheduled for apprehension in an emergency.”

Very sobering.

And we do know that the federal government had a list of at least 8 million names of people that were considered to be “threats to national security” back in the 1980s.  This list was known as Main Core, and it is not known whether this list still exists today.

I have a feeling that it does, and that it is probably much larger than it was back then.

We also know that government documents produced during the Obama administration openly discuss rounding up “dissidents” and taking them to internment camps.  Just consider the following example from Infowars

A leaked 2012 US Army Military Police training manual, entitled “Civil Disturbance Operations,” described how soldiers would be ordered to confiscate firearms and kill American “dissidents.” The manual also revealed that prisoners would be detained in temporary internment camps and “re-educated” to gain a new appreciation of “U.S. policies,” in accordance with U.S. Army FM 3-19.40 Internment/Resettlement Operations.

So who would those “dissidents” be exactly?

In “72 Types Of Americans That Are Considered ‘Potential Terrorists’ In Official Government Documents“, I detailed how official U.S. government documents specifically identify those that believe in “conspiracy theories” as possible threats.  Others that the government is concerned about include those opposed to abortion, globalism, communism, illegal immigration, the United Nations and “the New World Order”.

I wish that none of this was true.  Go check out the article for yourself.

Another very disturbing government document talks about the need for the U.S. Army to prepare to battle political dissidents in “megacities” and to neutralize groups “who can influence the lives of the population while undermining the authority of the state”.  Here is more from Infowars

The U.S. Army is preparing to fight political dissidents who challenge the power of the state as “megacities” become the battleground of the future, according to a new report in the Army Times.

The article details how the Army’s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) worked with US Army Special Operations Command, the chief of staff’s Strategic Studies Group and the UK’s Ministry of Defence earlier this year to wargame the future of armed combat, which will revolve around the neutralization of groups “who can influence the lives of the population while undermining the authority of the state,” a chillingly vague description which could easily be applied to political dissidents.

The plan foresees an unprecedented realignment of U.S. military strategy focused around putting “boots on the ground” in megacities to deal with “politically dispossessed” populations while relying on “more lethal and more autonomous” methods.

Very alarming stuff.

And if we did see martial law declared nationwide, it is likely that all elections would be suspended indefinitely.

That could also potentially include the 2016 presidential election.

Is it possible that Barack Obama could use his emergency powers to stay in the White House beyond his second term?  There are some out there that believe that this could actually happen under the right circumstances.  For example, check out what Dr. Ben Carson said during an appearance on the Alan Colmes radio show

COLMES: What do you mean though when you say there may not be an election in 2016?

DR. BEN CARSON: There may be so much anarchy going on.

COLMES: Anarchy? So you really think we risk risking an anarchic America to the point where elections might be put on hold, or some kind of emergency is declared with such anarchy that there wouldn’t be a Presidential election in a couple of years?

DR. BEN CARSON: I don’t want to find out. I really don’t want to find out, I don’t want to continue down this pathway that we’re going down.

And the groundwork has certainly been laid for such a scenario.

During his time in the White House, Barack Obama has signed a series of executive orders that give him and his minions an extraordinary amount of power in the event of a major national emergency.

For example, read the following excerpt from an executive order that Obama signed in March 2012

Sec. 201.  Priorities and Allocations Authorities.  (a)  The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the following agency heads:

(1)  the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2)  the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3)  the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4)  the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5)  the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6)  the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

That sounds like it covers just about everything.

Basically, during a time of martial law all of the things that you take for granted today would be out the window.

You would have no rights, and the federal government would be able to do just about anything that it wanted to do.

If that sounds really bad to you, then maybe now you are starting to understand why so many people get upset when they see preparations being made for the eventual imposition of martial law in this country

Most Popular

Recent Comments

Toddy Littman on Coronavirus & Dr. Rife
jimjfox on The Islamic Scam
USAPATRIOT✓ on Coronavirus & Dr. Rife
Dumb Bass Fisherman on The Disgrace of Benghazi
Dumb Bass Fisherman on Prosecute Biden the Crook!
Dumb Bass Fisherman on The Disgrace of Benghazi
Christan on Who is Nasim Aghdam?
FarvingStartist on
Swampmom on Stubborn Syria
OhSoGood on SHOCKING Media LIES
Pbranham on
Pbranham on
Fay Butler on Lawfare, living in fear
John Cunningham on The Media and Trump at 100 Days
steve smith on
Worried on
Insanity Personified on
no mo uro on
no mo uro on
Patriotjeff on
OhSoGood on
Steve on
lovelydestruction on
Val Cocora on
Jerry Kenney on
Merlinever on
Phill Crapidy on
Clifford Ishii on
Americanmommy on
Doctor Fine on
reggiec on
DeltamanH20 on
Ms. warrior4Christ on
Comrade Molotov on
reggiec on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
Average Punter on
shamm86 on
Rich on
ort on
Lee Sargeant on
Lee Sargeant on
jcarroll4415 on
Erroldean Andrews on
charles becker on
David Miller on
charles becker on
Sophia Emma on March4Trump
UR.carrion on The Islamic Scam
pbr90 on
John Cornel Kovach on Should Islam Be Banned from America?
Lane Wingham on Rituals of Islam
Lane Wingham on Rituals of Islam
Taylor Crystaloski on Rituals of Islam
lamarlamar on California Dreaming
usaok59 on Smearing Sessions
b.a. freeman on True Islam vs Pseudo Islam
b.a. freeman on True Islam vs Pseudo Islam
Randy McDaniels on True Islam vs Pseudo Islam
Mohammad Izzaterd on True Islam vs Pseudo Islam
Bikinis not Burkas on True Islam vs Pseudo Islam
John Cornel Kovach on Should Islam Be Banned from America?
paramore309 on
Anthony Duhe on
Anthony Duhe on
Dianna9490 on
Guest✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ on Dana Rohrabacher for Secretary of State
Guest✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ on Dana Rohrabacher for Secretary of State
Abu Mohamed on
wellilltellya on The Obama Era is Over
Dianna9490 on The Obama Era is Over
reggiec on Democratic Panic
Tony Donaldson on Why Trump Will Prevail
Charlotte W on Why Trump Will Prevail
Bubba Gump on Why Trump Will Prevail
bas h on
Dianna9490 on Weaponized Immigration
Dianna9490 on Charlotte Burning
Tony Donaldson on Hillary Clinton: Basket Case
SuperDave2 on The Islamic Scam
Truthorlie on Hillary’s Race War
Proud Amelekite on We are in the End of Days
EarthCitizenNumberOne on George Soros’s Open Border Foundations
EarthCitizenNumberOne on George Soros’s Open Border Foundations
Sgt Saunders on We are in the End of Days
Proud Amelekite on We are in the End of Days
Proud Amelekite on We are in the End of Days
Saputra 007 on We are in the End of Days
Kevan Massey on We are in the End of Days
Bonnie Wolf on We are in the End of Days
Bruce Peters on We are in the End of Days
David Collins on We are in the End of Days
Monte Noffsinger on We are in the End of Days
Proud Amelekite on We are in the End of Days
Eddie Clever on The Flying Clintons
jackcandobutwont on
TSM on
Tee Quake on Born in America
shamm86 on Born in America
seersuckerandapanama on The Coming US/Mexico War
Sgt Saunders on Would Jesus Bomb Hiroshima?
michaelhayes on Would Jesus Bomb Hiroshima?
Roberta Dzubow on MUST READ: The Twisting Noose
danstewart on Why Trump Chickened Out
Uzoozy on Paul Ryan's Hijra
JEANNIEMAC2 on Importing Terror
JEANNIEMAC2 on Insane Muslim Terrorists
"The Eastern Diamondback" on King Barack the Lawless Endangers Girls
Jeff Tangen on The Cults of Islam
Joe on
amyinnh on
David Gearhart on Sex Slavery by the Numbers
David Gearhart on Sex Slavery by the Numbers
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
Sgt Saunders on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
charles becker on American Outlaws!
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
TheBucko on The Cults of Islam
TheBucko on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
GregAbdul on The Cults of Islam
Robin Morgan on The Cults of Islam
bob250 on The Cults of Islam
SEARING JW TRUTH on The Cults of Islam
Uzoozy on The Cults of Islam
Winston Lawrence on The Satanic Bible's 'Golden Rule'
SEARING JW TRUTH on The Cults of Islam
smacready on The Cults of Islam
sherri palmer on
John Cunningham on Jihad in Brussels
Sebastian Medina on The Coming US/Mexico War
sherri palmer on
BobWhiteRevisited✓ᴺᵃᵗᶦᵒᶰᵃˡᶦˢᵗ on Why I Stump for Trump
sherri palmer on
Kevin Alfred Strom on Support for Trump Backfires on CPAC
marlene on
marlene on
DC on
DC on
Ike_Kiefer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
Christopher Strunk on Is Trump a Sleeper Agent for Moscow?
Christopher Strunk on Is Trump a Sleeper Agent for Moscow?
usaok59 on
Chris Palmer on
RobSez on
marlene on
MayPA on
spartan111 on
John Cunningham on
Weeping Man on
felix1999 on
felix1999 on
Virgil Cole on
Virgil Cole on
Virgil Cole on
Buzg on
usaok59 on
John Cunningham on
cfd_007 on
alfy on
D Guest on
marlene on
adbj102 on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
Hugh Jass on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
Uzoozy on
TexasOlTimer on
Uzoozy on
Uzoozy on
Waiting on
TexasOlTimer on
TexasOlTimer on
<-----MyFrontDoorBuddy on
<-----MyFrontDoorBuddy on
Sarfaraz A. on
Sarfaraz A. on
Alex Sheibani on
Uzoozy on
sherri palmer on
sviri finq on
No Corporate BS on
SumatraSue on
Ted Johnson on
Waiting on
Jason Woodworth on
Helmut Beintner on
Doug Sterling on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
jwmiller on
sickandtired on
sherri palmer on
VTrobert on
Fredrick Rehders on
usaok59 on
Waiting on
VTrobert on
cool-subzero90 on
michaelhayes on
danstewart on
reggiec on
John Cunningham on
Andrew on
John Cunningham on
Don P on
Britt Brooks on
John Cunningham on
Helmut Beintner on
Jim on
Spectrum on
danstewart on
Helmut Beintner on
Helmut Beintner on
Helmut Beintner on
John Cunningham on
missinger on
adbj102 on
noh1bvisas on
danstewart on
Jigsaw on
Jigsaw on
Patty Villanova on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
sherri palmer on
Weeping Man on
Frosty Wooldridge on
Hugh Jass on
danstewart on
Jr1776 on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
Fredrick Rehders on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
ort on
Jared on
dndgaddy on
Thunderbolt #1 on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
reggiec on
David Gearhart on
David Gearhart on
madgrandma on
David Gearhart on
David Gearhart on
John Wesley Bletsch on
Chopko on
LaineeTheCat Wallace on 10 Tips How to Counter Islam
LaineeTheCat ✔Trump on
LaineeTheCat ✔Trump on
danstewart on
marlene on
marlene on
felix1999 on
felix1999 on
felix1999 on
ort on
ort on
felix1999 on
felix1999 on
felix1999 on
<-----MyFrontDoorBuddy on
marlene on
Helmut Beintner on
Whynot be great again222 on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
ort on
michaelhayes on
John Wesley Bletsch on
missinger on
missinger on
missinger on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
Whynot be great again222 on
ort on
Allright Hamilton! on
ort on
Allright Hamilton! on
Allright Hamilton! on
TheBucko on
ort on
ort on
ZEPHANIAH54321 on
mzliberty2013 on
JEANNIEMAC2 on
Frosty Wooldridge on
Jim on
Frosty Wooldridge on
Whynot be great again222 on
Jawad Karim on
Tranqual on
Allright Hamilton! on
Whynot be great again222 on
Allright Hamilton! on
danstewart on
ort on
marlene on
satovey on The Islamic Scam
Tranqual on
Tranqual on
madgrandma on
durabo on
Warrior on
marlene on
reggiec on
reggiec on
marlene on
marlene on
marlene on
marlene on
marlene on
deanosslewis . on The Islamic Scam
asinnersavedbygrace on Top Bible Prophecy Stories of 2015
Jill Hasselbach Villalba on The New Terror Threat: Organized Rape
malaka_eneuresis on The Islamic Scam
TexasOlTimer on Trump Gets It: The Snake
maddog0311 on Trump Gets It: The Snake
John Cunningham on US Criminalizing Free Speech?
Michael Bluestein on Burns, Oregon, Is Not Bundy Ranch
John Cunningham on US Criminalizing Free Speech?
John Cunningham on US Criminalizing Free Speech?
John Cunningham on US Criminalizing Free Speech?
John Cunningham on US Criminalizing Free Speech?
sherri palmer on What Muslims Really Believe
David Gearhart on What Muslims Really Believe
wildmanonearth on Sharia Law for the Non-Muslim
Vladsmom on
bruce on Chelm
John Cunningham on ISIS Campaign for Europe
John Cunningham on Being Thankful for the Left
marlene on  GOP Plot Thickens
Fredrick Neal Rehders on Media Darling Conservatives
Sgt Saunders on Red-Faced Fury
Fredrick Neal Rehders on America Isn’t Dead Yet
funk u zionist bedouin on Red-Faced Fury
Fredrick Neal Rehders on Empty the Prisons Bill Now on Fast Track
NetJobsOnline~~~~Earn $97/hour on The Obama Machine Takes Over Canada
NetJobsOnline~~~~Earn $97/hour on The Death of Europe
NetJobsOnline~~~~Earn $97/hour on A Big Stash of Campaign Cash in Marijuana for Paul
kunling on The Death of Europe
Richard N on The Death of Europe
Yours Truly on Sweden Close to Collapse
John Cunningham on Sweden Close to Collapse
michaelhayes on Sweden Close to Collapse
michaelhayes on Sweden Close to Collapse
Doc Eckleberg on Sweden Close to Collapse
John Cunningham on Legitimizing Hillary’s Crimes
John Cunningham on Sweden Close to Collapse
Enos Dapenis on The Coming US/Mexico War
Fucck your lies on The Coming US/Mexico War
BornAgainSouthernPride on Obama and a Doctrine of Dishonesty
GooglePostJobs:::GET $97/h on Chinese Government Runs Circles Around Obama
GooglePostJobs:::GET $97/h on JW Exposes Hillary Clinton Lie
John Cunningham on JW Exposes Hillary Clinton Lie
Yours Truly on I Am Mourning For America
Yours Truly on I Am Mourning For America
Prophetess Anya Kelly on Are We Living In The Last Days?
disqus_NSXp0ZCum6 on Should Christians Call God Allah?
Tee Quake on Nuclear Jihad
ort on
Jim on
Joel Spealman on Is Trump the Real Deal?
RobertLaity on
DENNIS J. MALONE on Is Trump the Real Deal?
ort on
Manorbier on
Bo Wetstone on The Banking Oligarchs
Dannie Poe on
JohnDiLiberto on The Banking Oligarchs
Herman Van Keer on Answering Muslims Conference
Mean Green Law on Donald Trump: American Patriot
Jigsaw on Trumping Trump
b keaton on Trumping Trump