I think that shortly after the TDM, and with foreign combatants on American soil, the general public would welcome martial law. I think that acceptance would quickly fade, though.
As time passes and the foreign combatants were expelled or reduced to small parties of more easily managed "marauders", many civilians would begin to chafe under the continuation of martial law. The U.S. has a long tradition of civil authority and jury trials, going back to colonial times. I think that you'd see a lot of push-back against martial law c.2000 and beyond, some of it increasingly violent. This would likely cause a cycle, where rebellious behavior would be met with crack downs, leading to more rebellion and armed insurrection.
I think that this would be a major selling point for CivGov rule. "Join our team; we'll bring back jury trials and let you, the citizens, elect your own sheriffs, judges, and governors, etc.".
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