Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. [1]

The martial law concept in the United States is closely tied to the right of habeas corpus, which is, in essence, the right to a hearing and trial on lawful imprisonment, or more broadly, the …

Mar 19, 2023 · Martial law can be declared by the U.S. president, the governor of a state or, in limited emergencies, by a local military commander. How and when it is declared is governed …

Jan 25, 2025 · Martial law is the temporary government of the civil population through the military forces without the authority of written law, as necessity may require; it is invoked only in …

Aug 20, 2024 · Martial law is the substitution of a civil government by military authorities with unlimited powers to suspend the ordinary legal protections of civilian rights.

Aug 20, 2020 · As White’s story illustrates, martial law — a term that generally refers to the displacement of civilian authorities by the military — can be and has been employed in the …

Dec 3, 2024 · Martial law refers to granting the military temporary rule during an emergency, which the president has the constitutional ability to declare.

Martial law–also called martial rule–is a type of jurisdiction in which military authority temporarily replaces civil authority. As stated in the 1998 case of Mudd v. Caldera , martial law authorizes …

6 days ago · South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil.

2 days ago · The mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who has had a tense relationship with President Volodymyr Zelensky, accused him of trying to usurp the powers of elected officials in the capital.