Most former Confederate states were under martial law for several years after the Civil War. Today, governors have the power to declare martial law in their states, but many legal experts say a ...

President Abraham Lincoln invoked martial law in 1863 during the Civil War. Hawaii, which was a U.S. territory at the time and not a state, was under martial law for almost three years after the ...

All four are claims of violation of the Constitution or martial law law ... Then there are the crimes of civil war under the criminal law, obstruction of the exercise of the right to abuse ...

The extension of general mobilization and martial law until May 9 coincides with the celebration of Victory Day in Russia.

Yoon has been incarcerated since last week under a separate criminal probe on charges of leading an insurrection with his attempt to impose martial law in early December, a move that shocked the ...

The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law ... have warned of “civil war” if the court ...

"A state of national emergency equivalent to the declaration of martial law means not only a physical war situation, but also a serious threat to politics, economy and security, and the resulting ...

Background: Before that, in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan and on Telegram, Zelenskyy stated that elections in Ukraine were crucial but could only take place once the active phase ...