In Reply to: I'm not sure if these kinds of distinctions matter any more posted by blindness on January 15, 2026 at 11:36:53
at the behest of governors or mayors for local disasters, or prior to passage of the NLRA, strikes. Hawaii's territorial governor declared martial law in 1941 because of the threat of invasion.
The last time a President of federal official declared martial law was during the Civil War.
Labor disputes aren't that puzzling in historical context - the US from the 1870's prior to the passage of the NLRA had a very, very violent labor history, with governors or territorial authorities largely in the pocket of big business interests. Weibe's The Search for Order was a key historical text covering this era.