Letters to the Editor
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These people want a permanent state of martial law if an illegal alien tries to sneak across the border
And isn't it interesting how some of the people who nowadays claim to be defending Western Civilization--using "near-dictatorial" methods--seem to know so little about it?
Goldfarb is trying to equate dictatorial powers during war time with emergency declarations of martial law. A better modern comparison to what Hamilton reffered to would be what we call "martial law". These people want a permanent state of martial law declared if an illegal alien tries to sneak across the border. Can you imagine the absurdity of declaring martial law here because we sent troops to Haiti (to depose a regime and declared martial law there) in the 90s. That's what they want because some Americans might have other ideas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law#United_States_of_America