Subordination of Military to Civil Authority -- Martial Law

R.I. Const. art. I, § 18, under Declaration of Certain Constitutional Rights and Principles.

R.I. Const. art. I, § 18

Subordination of Military to Civil Authority -- Martial Law

The military shall be held in strict subordination to the civil authority. And the law martial shall be used and exercised in such cases only as occasion shall neccessarily require.