http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/ Author James Bovard Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112870 Militarized State and Local Police | The Beacon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:00:17 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112870 [...] life: The police, even on the state level, have been thoroughly militarized, to the point where the recently gutted Posse Comitatus Act is even more irrelevant than some of us might have suspected: What relief is it, after all, to have [...] [...] life: The police, even on the state level, have been thoroughly militarized, to the point where the recently gutted Posse Comitatus Act is even more irrelevant than some of us might have suspected: What relief is it, after all, to have [...]

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112841 Connie Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:53:08 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112841 Leave Islam alone! We are only trying to turn America into an Islamic country, after all. What's wrong with that?? Leave Islam alone! We are only trying to turn America into an Islamic country, after all. What’s wrong with that??

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112834 Bovard on enabling martial law « r3vliberty Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:56:04 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/09/martial-law-act-of-2006/#comment-112834 [...] Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill that will make it easy for President Bush to impose martial law in response to a terrorist “incident.” It also empowers him to effectively declare martial law in response to what he or other federal officials label a shortfall of “public order” — whatever that means. [...] [...] Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill that will make it easy for President Bush to impose martial law in response to a terrorist “incident.” It also empowers him to effectively declare martial law in response to what he or other federal officials label a shortfall of “public order” — whatever that means. [...]

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