military in determining the outcome of an American election. Martial law was last officially declared in the U.S. James McConville released a joint statement saying, “There is no role for the U.S. 18, 2020, soon after Flynn’s remarks, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Not one of these instances of martial law was used to rerun an election the way Flynn described it. Martial law had been imposed 29 times to address labor disputes, twice for war or invasion, seven times for domestic wars or insurrections, and 11 times for riots or civil unrest. They found it had been done at least 68 times. In August 2020, the Brennan Center for Justice compiled a list of times martial law, the temporary military takeover of civil functions like law enforcement and courts, had been imposed in the United States by federal and state authorities. Martial law has been instituted 64 times. I mean, these people are out there talking about martial law like it's something that we've never done. However, three weeks later General Ayubwho had been openly questioning the authority of the. He could also order, within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states. Martial law was declared in Pakistan on 7 October 1958, by President Iskander Mirza who then appointed General Muhammad Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and Aziz Ahmad as Secretary General and Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator. He could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. Readers inquired if that number was accurate. However, it is implicit in Article 34 under which martial law can be declared in any area within the territory of India. There is also no specific or express provision in the constitution that authorises the executive to declare martial law. Michael Flynn, made such a claim in an interview with Newsmax in December 2020.įlynn said that using martial law to rerun elections was not “unprecedented” and martial law had been declared 64 times in the United States’ history. The expression ‘martial law’ has not been defined anywhere in the Constitution. Recently pardoned former national security adviser to Trump, retired Lt. President Donald Trump disputed the results of the November 2020 presidential elections, loyalists argued that declaring martial law would allow him to overturn the election results. Follow our post-election coverage here.Īs incumbent U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking.
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