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Former national security advisor Michael Flynn shared an ad from a right-wing activist group on Twitter on Tuesday. The group is calling on President Donald Trump to invoke martial law, to 'temporarily suspend the Constitution,' and have the military hold a new election. In his post, Flynn tagged several Trump-supporting lawyers and media personalities, and wrote, 'Freedom never kneels except for God.' Business Insider reports the ad came from Tom Zawistowski, the president of a right-wing Ohio activist group called the We The People Convention. In fact, the president may not unilaterally cancel, delay, postpone, or change the date of an election, even if he declares martial--that power lies with Congress. Declaring martial law also does not suspend the Constitution, and the military has no role in administering elections.
"We today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says during a press conference, after charging former US president Donald Trump with a string of felonies over alleged hush money payments. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that President Vladimir Putin's imposition of martial law in annexed Ukrainian territories shows his claim people wanted to join Russia was a "lie." "President Putin annexed these regions claiming that there were individuals in these regions who so desperately sought refuge from the Ukrainian state that they wanted to join Mother Russia," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. "Now Putin is, I think, proving the lie by declaring martial law." SOUNDBITE
All present 159 members of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, vote in favour of President Vladimir Putin's decision to introduce martial law into the Ukrainian territories Moscow claims to have annexed. IMAGES
Quezon City, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- Human rights activists Tuesday held a floral wreath laying ceremony for victims to mark 49 years since the late president Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law on Sep. 21, 1972. Marcos was eventually ousted from power by a 'People Power Revolution' in February 1986. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA). SHOT LIST: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES HOLD A FLORAL WREATH LAYING CEREMONY TO HONOR VICTIMS OF MARTIAL LAW AT THE BANTAYOG NG MGA BAYANI (MONUMENT OF HEROES) IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
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