Professor Chiu of Maryland University has used this illustration to explain the kind of loopholes that the lifting of martial law might otherwise create: The Constitution of the Republic of China grants its citizens freedom of movement, and with the lifting of martial law, everything reverts to the Constitution.
大法補大洞所謂國家安全需要，是因為解嚴之後，隨著戒嚴體系消失的行政命令共計有廿三項；一旦解嚴，這些法令無效，必然會出現一些法律上的隙縫。曾在國建會力主解嚴的美國馬里蘭大學教授丘宏達舉了這麼一個例子：按照中華民國憲法，人民有遷徙的自由。