(October 10, 2020 at 7:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 10, 2020 at 7:03 pm)SUNGULA Wrote: Do what you will . But she did the legislature was to slow to do, And it's not just a good idea it's critical at slowing down the pandemic . Whether the court agrees or not she did the right thing . This is nothing like Trump who lords his power because a narcissistic moron.
I wasn’t speaking to her motivations - I think she did the right thing. Unfortunately, the right thing is not always the legal thing.
Boru
In February 1962 a big winter storm was pushing the cold and icy waters of the North Sea into towards the german coast, particularly the mouth of the Elbe river, exactly where Germanys second most populous city resides: Hamburg.
As the dykes began to break, the Mayor was just on a trip to Poland (afaik) and not availiable. Then minister of internal affairs (Hamburg is a city state) Helmut Schmidt didnt hesitate for a second and violated the constitution of the young state of Western Germany: Military troops are not to be used for resolving domestic affairs. At least he thought so. He didnt know that some troops already were alarmed, but that is irrelevant your statement (any mine).
He took over command (and authority he legally didnt have), called the german army and NATO (british and american) for support, to send in (more) troops. This probably saved thousands of lives.
He later explained that he just wanted to help his hometown, and didnt bother to look up the constitution and his legal powers.
Fortunately there are people who realize that doing the illegal thing is sometimes the right thing.
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