Martial law in Philippine constitutional law

WHEN former president Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, the Constitution that provided him his warrant was the 1935 American Constitution and when he was asked why he was reading too much into the very parsimonious provisions that dealt with the emergency powers of the chief executive, he cited American jurisprudence; and there was considerable precedent.

After all, the American states and the Union itself had had creditable experience with martial law.