By Milan Adams
Preppgroup
April 3, 2025
Martial Law is by far one of the greatest nightmares we might face, one that leaves many preppers up at night.
This is because it can occur in the midst of any natural or man-made disasters.
The march into Martial Law is frequently overlooked by the general population, often branded as nonsense or something belonging to conspiratorial websites. Yet what's going on in this country is just what our founders have warned us of, and Martial Law is something they've taken very, very seriously.
When Martial Law is going on, the world is in so much trouble that even the government won't be able to handle it. Now I'm assuming Martial Law hasn't happened yet.
Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to read this. This means that you have the opportunity to prepare for it, and I hope, for your sake, that you will do it fast.
What is Martial Law
Martial Law has no established definition, so if you're looking for a general definition of Martial Law, then Martial Law essentially means using state or national military power to impose the government's will on the citizens.
Soldiers, rather than city police, execute the law. Military officers make strategic decisions rather than elected officials. People convicted of offenses are taken to military courts rather than regular civil courts. In short, the army is in charge.
Under Martial Law, fundamental liberties and freedoms are abolished and citizens are no longer entitled to their constitutional rights. It effectively helps the army, or a tyrannical politician, to break the Constitution and enforce its will by military force.
The History of Martial Law in U.S. History
In one way or another, tyrants have often used political authority to suppress and influence the people. Although if we're searching for specific instances of Martial Law being used within the United States, we don't have to search too hard or deep to find them.
Using the strictest meaning of the word, we can see the origins of Martial Law taking place in America during the time leading up to the Revolutionary War. While there were many motives for the war, including opposition to taxation levied by the British Parliament, the primary cause for England was the use of armed powers to enact the daily rule in the colonies.
Many of the most striking examples of this can be seen in the civil war. Although the history books of today largely neglect the true motives for the war or the several crimes committed by President Lincoln, the reality of what actually happened cannot be denied.
As an example, On 15 September 1863, President Lincoln imposed Martial Law by Congress. In fact, Lincoln had never had a top priority to eradicate slavery. In fact, Lincoln had never wanted to eliminate slavery. His primary interest was to centralize political authority and use the federal government to exercise full control over all residents.
The abolition of slavery was merely a by-product of the war. It actually took the thirteenth amendment to bring an end to slavery, as Lincoln really only liberated Southern slaves, not slaves, in states loyal to the Union.
Lincoln suspended the writing of Habeas Corpus without the consent of Congress. Lincoln put down or spoke against, publications whose authors expressed some dissension to the position of the Union.
Lincoln raised his forces without the approval of Congress. Lincoln closed the courts by force of statute. And eventually, without cause or trial, he too arrested residents, newspaper owners, and public officials
What Will Happen When Martial Law Takes Place
I'm pretty confident that the term "Martial Law" will never be seen. The word "state of emergency" would undoubtedly take its place first. Martial Law can easily be accomplished globally, in situations of conflict, major terrorist threats, or locally, as observed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Examples of what has occurred in modern years include Martial Law in New Orleans, August 2005. New Orleans has been declared a disaster area, and the governor has declared a state of emergency.
This allowed state officials to order evacuations and forcibly evict people from their residences, suspend some rules, confiscate weapons and suspend selling products such as liquor, firearms, and ammunition.
In the following of hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Police Department, U.S. Marshals, and the Louisiana National Guard illegally seized more than 1,000 lawful weapons from law-abiding civilians.
During Martial Law, you will probably see:
- The suspension of the Constitution is likely to persist with the first amendment.
- Detainment of firearms; it has happened in history, and it may happen again.
- Suspension of Habeas corpus: Jail without due process and without trial.
- Travel limits, including road closures and likely quarantine areas.
- Obligatory Curfews and Required Identification.
- Automatic search and seize without a warrant.
When Likely is Martial Law in the U.S.
Let's address it now. The nation is a complete mess. From massive civil strife, crime, and violence to the rising national debt, which comprises a whole segment of our society that relies on government aid to survive, the writing is on the wall: Trouble is coming.
In my view, we are now in the preliminary form of Martial Law. The founders never expected standing armies to police the United States' people; unfortunately, that's just what we have. Drones, armored vehicles with high-powered guns, tanks, and fighting helicopters are no longer something you can find on an overseas battlefield; they are all normal operating practices at police stations across the country.
Our federal government has invested billions of dollars into militarizing and taking over our country's municipal police departments in what can only be characterized as a domestic military force or a standing army equipped to enforce federal law.
So what exactly do I mean that this has already started?
On 29 September 2006, President George W. Bush signed the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2007 (H.R. 5122).
The legislation increased the power of the President to declare Martial Law in the form of amendments to the Rebellion Act. In fact, it allowed the President to take command of the National Guard forces without the consent of the state governors.
Although several parts of the bill were rolled back in 2008, President Obama used the 2012 NDAA to further expand the Executive Office's right to declare Martial Law and introduced clauses that would allow U.S. armed forces to arrest U.S. civilians without trial.
In March 2015, the Obama administration set up a task force detailing our nation's police rules. In his Task Force on the 21st-century Police Report, he proposed the establishment of the National Police Standards and Oversight Division of the federal government.
The study went on to explain how the Department of Homeland Security should be used to "ensure that community police tactics in the state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies are incorporated into their role in homeland security."
The last and most troubling example is the growing number of Combined Police/Military Practices that view American citizens as theoretical risks.
From the Jade Helm military drills that identified Texas and Utah as dangerous areas to the California National Guard, using crisis actors to represent "right" U.S. civilians in their training exercises, there is an increasing number of military-style drills that portray American citizens as seen as a threat.
Back in 2012, the Army's study on the military's potential utilization as a U.S. police force aimed into possible scenarios that the U.S. did. The army may be used against Tea Party "insurgents" that take over U.S. cities.
Over the same time frame, the Department of Homeland Security issued a study entitled "Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States," in which it claimed that the federal government considered the country's greatest terrorist danger - the threat to U.S. people of radical "right-wing" views.
The United States of America that our Fathers have created is gone; it has been replaced by a system that has become so strong that most people do not even know that they have been enslaved by that same system.