petersuber on Nostr: The #SouthKorea constitution has a provision (§77) allowing the president to declare ...
The #SouthKorea constitution has a provision (§77) allowing the president to declare martial law and allowing the National Assembly to reverse the President.
http://www.asianlii.org/kr/legis/const/1987/1.html#A077
The US constitution has no such provision. If #Trump ever declares martial law in this country, that would be a coup d'état, not the exercise of a constitutional option like vetoing a piece of legislation. It would be an unconstitutional suspension of the constitution. It would be a high crime and misdemeanor.
http://www.asianlii.org/kr/legis/const/1987/1.html#A077
The US constitution has no such provision. If #Trump ever declares martial law in this country, that would be a coup d'état, not the exercise of a constitutional option like vetoing a piece of legislation. It would be an unconstitutional suspension of the constitution. It would be a high crime and misdemeanor.