> Martial law is the imposition of punishments without due process That might be something that happens under martial law but not every occurrence of this is m

> Martial law is the imposition of punishments without due process That might be something that happens under martial law but not every occurrence of this is martial law by definition. > In no world can one argue that being under the equivalent of house arrest is not a punishment. Watch me do it: Punishment implies intent to make you reconsider your behavior due to perceived misbehavior. If I lock a dog in a kennel to protect him from a larger dog and forget to let him out for 5 hours afterwards, I wasn’t punishing him at any point. Unless the government did the „house arrest“ to make you suffer (instead of preventing spread of disease, for example), it’s not punishment.