A Short Lesson On Civics
On January 2021, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris becomes President, and the Vice President of the United States of the America.
At that time martial law doesn’t matter because there’s no civil rebellion.
Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the elections ended on December 14, 2020, the electoral college in all of the states certified the presidential election. On January 6, 2020 the congress will verify the presidential election. It’s a done deal. Nothing could happened to changed the outcome. It’s official…
Martial Law
Martial law involves the temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule and is usually invoked in time of war, rebellion, or natural disaster. Abstract: When martial law is in effect, the military commander of an area or country has unlimited authority to make and enforce laws.
State of Emergency
The United States Constitution
The United States Constitution implicitly provides some emergency powers in the article about the executive power :
- Congress may authorize the government to call forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress an insurrection or repel an invasion.
- Congress may authorize the government to suspend consideration of writs of habeas corpus “when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”
- Felony charges may be brought without presentment or grand jury indictment in cases arising “in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger.”
- A state government may engage in war without Congress’s approval if “actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”
Under any unforeseeable outcome of the certification of the election it will need the congress to change the outcome, but currently the Democrats control the congress, so the likelihood of a different outcome is likely.
The importance of civics in our school system are definitely needed at a time when democracy is being challenged. What are your thoughts on this very important matter?
