Overthrowing oppressive regimes by military force

[abaris]

Firstly, the NAZI's formed a coalition with the German National People's Party, and that did give them an outright majority of 52% in the parliament.

Care to look at the charts I posted. We're not talking 1933, but 1932, which was the last year of free elections. With the communists not already being imprisoned and hunted. Without the SPD being powerless because many of their leaders had been imprisoned also or fled the country.

Also, it would do you some good to compare the "Ermächtigungsgesetz" (Enabling Act) to the emergency decrees other chancellors issued. As opposed to the decrees it was a constitutional amendment, which institutionalised a state of emergency.

Here's the full text.

The Reichstag has enacted the following law, which is hereby proclaimed with the assent of the Reichsrat, it having been established that the requirements for a constitutional amendment have been fulfilled:

Article 1

In addition to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, laws of the Reich may also be enacted by the government of the Reich. This includes the laws referred to by Articles 85 Paragraph 2 and Article 87 of the constitution

Article 2

Laws enacted by the government of the Reich may deviate from the constitution as long as they do not affect the institutions of the Reichstag and the Reichsrat. The rights of the President remain unaffected.

Article 3

Laws enacted by the Reich government shall be issued by the Chancellor and announced in the Reich Gazette. They shall take effect on the day following the announcement, unless they prescribe a different date. Articles 68 to 77 of the Constitution do not apply to laws enacted by the Reich government

Article 4

Treaties of the Reich with foreign states, which relate to matters of Reich legislation shall for the duration of the validity of these laws not require the consent of the Reichstag. The Reich government shall adopt the necessary legislation to implement these agreements.

Article 5

This law enters into force on the day of its proclamation. It expires on April 1, 1937; it expires furthermore if the present Reich government is replaced by another.

Suffice to say that Articles 68 to 77 of the Constitution are all about checks and balances in order to not allow a single party or single person to rule without checks.

Do your homework for fucks sake. Here's the full text of the German Constitution back then. In German, of course.

http://www.documentarchiv.de/wr/wrv.html..._ABSCHNITT