US election re-run: Right-wing leader demands ANOTHER vote – with martial law in place
(The Daily Express (UK) | Dec. 5, 2020) Tom Zawistowski, leader of We The People Convention, is championing “limited martial law” to complement a re-run of the November election. He described Joe Biden as “an illegitimate president”, adding: “We are not asking for the president to contest the current election results because they are so fraudulent no one can figure out which votes count and which ones don’t because that is exactly what the Democrat/Socialists wanted.”
These claims are disputed and numerous legal challenges put forward by US President Donald Trump have failed …
… Speaking to Express.co.uk, professor William C. Banks of Syracuse University College of Law said: “There is no provision in the US for martial law, and it has not been declared by a US official since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
“It is widely understood to be available only in the event of a complete breakdown of civil institutions” …