If Trump Invokes the Insurrection Act with Martial Law

[Chasstev365]

What will the Stock Market do?

Seriously, it reacts to every stupid thing Trump says, but would American business even care?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Just a little correction here,

it's Martial Law, not Marshall Law, and as far as what Wall Street will do, probably drop even faster than so far.

[Meowmee]

16. ty, every time I read Marshall I think of other things 😹

[Irish_Dem]

2. I think the market will tank.

The American economy relies on a stable democracy, predictable, consistent, safe.

Trump invoking the insurrection act means all bets are off.
US is no longer safe, stable or predictable.

Very very bad for business, consumer confidence, or investment.

[BoRaGard]

18. The dark mood of the nation will get darker yet

The satanic anti-American moves of The Regime and the Kasino Hustler will make it darker yet.

[unblock]

3. It's martial law, and... it depends.

Personally, I would sell of what little I have left in the market, hopefully before that point.

But it all depends on what the investor community thinks the real deal is.

If they think Donnie might use his dictatorial powers to simply grab businesses and screw the owners, then expect the market to crater.

If they think Donnie will instead allow owners to screw everyone every which way for fun and profit, the market might shrug it off or every go higher.

[Chasstev365]

6. Corrected

[crud]

4. It would be pretty messed up...maybe private prison stocks go up.

Marshall law will probably be declared in a border county like San Diego. House to house searches. If you protest, all your stuff ends up in the yard, furniture torn up, you know the routine.

[Mike 03]

5. I think the market would implode, as it would sink in that the transformation

we are going through is far, far beyond the tariff wars. Economists, investors, leaders of most nations would come to accept the unthinkable. There would be no way to deny it, despite all the wishing, hoping and self-delusion that some are offering up to rationalize the changes we are undergoing here.

ON EDIT:

What I mean is, if you listen to Bloomberg Radio, or maybe watch CNBC, you would think the only changes happening in the United States are the tariff wars. Most countries are only seeing Trump through the lens of how his policies impact their economies. They aren't talking about the loss of our democracy. They aren't seeing the Big Picture yet. Martial Law, or the abduction and deportation of a (white) citizen or a foreign dignitary--something dramatic like that would get the attention of everyone.

[anciano]

7. With all due respect, in a scenario like that,

the stock market will be the least of our concerns.

[VMA131Marine]

8. One thing to consider...

The U.S. military isn’t nearly big enough to impose martial law on the entire country.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. And another thing to consider,

would the rank and file, IE: the line officers and NCO's actually go along with an illegal order like that?
The top brass may go along with it, but I have my doubts about the line officers and NCO's, who actually get things done, would obey such an illegal order.

[2naSalit]

10. And...

They probably recognize, better than the idiots who would call for such a thing, that many of us have guns and many also are marksmen(people).

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Yes, there is that also,

these MAGAt's just don't seem to understand that we liberals aren't afraid to stand our ground, they don't seem to realize that there are millions of us that are combat vets and know how to shoot and scoot.

I truly hope it doesn't come down to this, but if push comes to shove, they're going to learn a very painful lesson and I'm at the age where I'm not afraid to die defending the Constitution and fellow citizens.

Semper Fi.

[2naSalit]

12. Ditto.

[Aristus]

14. Martial law doesn't necessarily mean troops in the streets.

It means military judges in civil courtrooms. There aren’t enough for that, either. But that’s what martial law means.

[Mariana]

15. Most of the cops would eagerly help them

Along with who knows how many MAGAt Gestapo wanna-bes.

[onenote]

13. What do you think "martial law" is?

A lot of posters use the term but don't seem to have a clear understanding of what it is. What it isn't is authorizing the military to engage in domestic law enforcement. Normally, that is prohibited under the Posse Comitatus Act, but the invocation of the insurrection act allows a president to override the Posse Comitatus Act. It's actually not unheard of for a president to invoke the Insurrection Act -- JFK did it, LBJ did it, and most recently, GWBush did it in response to the riots following the Rodney King beating.

Martial law is different -- it occurs when the courts are not open in time of war and military tribunals are authorized to act in place of the civilian judiciary.

Despite folks conflating the Insurrection Act and martial law, they are different. What is concerning isn't that the invocation of the insurrection act by trump would put the country under martial law. What is concerning is that the circumstances in which the Insurrection Act has been and can be invoked have been historically limited to times of actual violent uprisings, like the LA riots. What seems likely is not that Trump will invoke martial law but rather thant he will attempt to militarize civilian law enforcement despite the absence of the types of situation in which it has previously been invoked.

[Meowmee]

17. Who knows... lets hope it doesn't happen

My guess is it would not be good for the market or anything.

[Volaris]

19. Depends on the business. If theres a curfew attached,

Do you really think the barstool sports idiot and his millions of drunk Bros isn't gonna have some Feelings about that?

THOSE businesses will care.

As an aside, trump can declare all the martial law he fucking wants. The reality is he doesn't have enough cops, and that's math so basic even Speaker Mike can figure it out.