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114 Yale L.J. 149 (2004-2005)
Emergency Power and the Militia Acts

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Emergency Power and the Militia Acts
Stephen I. Vladeck
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 151
I. THE FIRST MILITIA CLAUSE AND THE MILITIA ACTS........................... 156
A. The Constitution and Emergency Power ..................................... 156
B. Calling Forth the State Militias: The 1792 and
1795 Militia Acts.......................................................................... 159
C. Calling Forth the Federal Army: The 1807 and
18 6 1  A cts......................................................................................  16 3
D. Martial Law, Habeas Corpus, and the Ku Klux Klan.................. 167
II. THE MILITIA ACTS, THE COURTS, AND EMERGENCIES ....................... 169
A. Martial Law in the Early Republic: Mott and Luther.................. 170
B. Emergency Power During the Civil War ..................................... 175
1. The Militia Acts and Martial Law: Field
and the Trigger Problem ....................................................... 175
2. The Importance of the Prize Cases ........................................ 177
3.  M illigan  and a  Suggested  Trigger......................................... 180
C. The Problem of Inherent Presidential Power:
Debs and Neagle .......................................................................... 183
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