Martial law is when the National Guard and/or Armed Forces are called upon by a Governor or President to restore order when the problem is too big for local law enforcement authorities.
If there is excessive violence and civil disorder in a certain place that the police are unable to cope with, the governor or president or mayor, may call for the national guard or army to quell the disturbances. The military usually declares a state of martial law. In this situation, a curfew is put in place, looters may be shot on sight if need be. Break the military law and you will be tried by a military court in most cases. This is a most extreme solution to an insurrection or revolution.
If there is excessive violence and civil disorder in a certain place that the police are unable to cope with, the governor or president or mayor, may call for the national guard or army to quell the disturbances. The military usually declares a state of martial law. In this situation, a curfew is put in place, looters may be shot on sight if need be. Break the military law and you will be tried by a military court in most cases. This is a most extreme solution to an insurrection or revolution.
Martial law is not going to happen and it didn't even happen during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. I worked New Orleans during Katrina and Martial Law was never declared. Sometimes it is necessary but it's not a threat to the American people. Remember, police officers are tax paying citizens with families also. They are not robots and they can think for themselves. It's not going to happen.
by doitphaggot January 14, 2009
Get the Martial Lawmug. Scattered across the nation, they are places where the evil, vicious, and stupid are kept away from decent society for a few years. Not to be confused with prison, though they both have the effect of releasing people in a more disturbed condition than they came in.
by Ambrose September 28, 2005
Get the law schoolmug. As an email or usenet thread discussing cars gets longer, the probability that it will eventually devolve into a debate over whether American, German, or Japanese cars are faster/more reliable/more stylish/generally better approaches 1.0.
Me: What kind of radiator should I get to cool my turbocharged miata?
You: Dude, miatas suck, don't buy that Japanese trash. Dodge Challenger FTW!
Me: Rus's Law, dude.
You: Damn.
You: Dude, miatas suck, don't buy that Japanese trash. Dodge Challenger FTW!
Me: Rus's Law, dude.
You: Damn.
by turbeauxboy October 18, 2008
Get the Rus's Lawmug. A law of forum behavior:
The intensity of observed responses in a thread is exponentially proportional to the number of posts about the subject which have already been made.
The intensity of observed responses in a thread is exponentially proportional to the number of posts about the subject which have already been made.
Nrokofy Peva posts a dozen tirades about the vast superiority of Mega Man fan fiction to Gilman Girls fan fiction. By the twelfth post, the responses have greatly increased in number, and the content of these posts becomes increasingly vitriolic. Primarily a consequence of asshat overload.
by Foucault February 17, 2005
Get the Ardith's Lawmug. 1. The dude who joined your family because your sister got
knocked up a month ago.
2. When you take it easy on another person because you know
them, esp. in sports
knocked up a month ago.
2. When you take it easy on another person because you know
them, esp. in sports
1. My sister got married and i cant stand my new brother-
in-law.
2. Dont be actin' like a brother-in-law when playin' football.
in-law.
2. Dont be actin' like a brother-in-law when playin' football.
by Heinie June 5, 2009
Get the brother-in-lawmug. SEXY MAMA!!
not only a great actor, but the sexiest man alive!
what more can you ask for?
movies include:
-the closer
-the aviator
-AI
-road to perdition
-cold mountain
-the holiday
-gattaca
-wilde
-slueth
ect ect ect
~2 oscar nominations~
not only a great actor, but the sexiest man alive!
what more can you ask for?
movies include:
-the closer
-the aviator
-AI
-road to perdition
-cold mountain
-the holiday
-gattaca
-wilde
-slueth
ect ect ect
~2 oscar nominations~
by loverussat October 9, 2008
Get the Jude Lawmug. When you are dating a guy who already has a girlfriend, or when you are dating a guy who is cheating on you with another girl, the other girlfriend is your girlfriend in law. Much like in-laws, you don't need to get along with the other girlfriend in order for her to be your girlfriend in law.
You: What are you doing fooling around with my boyfriend?
Girlfriend in law: Your boyfriend? he's my boyfriend too! You're my girlfriend in law.
Girlfriend in law: Your boyfriend? he's my boyfriend too! You're my girlfriend in law.
by Mighty Dekunut August 5, 2014
Get the Girlfriend in lawmug.