I'm not talking about the UCMJ. That governs the military itself.
I'm talking about the fact that the Continental Marines and Continental Army existed BEFORE the Constitution, and the military/militia at that time secured the land for the States to exist first, which then formed the federal jurisdiction under the Constitution. The military precedes any civilian governments as an institution.
The whole world is under admiralty (military) jurisdiction by default.
If all governments collapsed the military (people with guns) would automatically run everything.
I'm not talking about the UCMJ. That governs the military itself.
I'm talking about the fact that the Continental Marines and Continental Army existed BEFORE the Constitution, and the military/militia at that time secured the land for the States to exist first, which then formed the federal jurisdiction under the Constitution. The military precedes any civilian governments as an institution.
The whole world is under admiralty (military) jurisdiction by default.
If all governments collapsed the military (people with guns) would automatically run everything.
It's the highest jurisdiction there is.
So what?
Lots of things existed before the Constitution.
You know didn't exist at the time of the Constitution? The Continental Army.
Because,
I used to have lunch in the place where George Washington said goodbye to his men.