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Enabling Act 1933

The Enabling Act of 1933, which transferred legislative power to the Nazi cabinet

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Jan 27, 2026
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What concrete legal steps did the Nazis use in 1933 to consolidate power, and how do they compare to recent U.S. executive actions?

in 1933 used a sequence of emergency decrees, legislative transfers of power, legal bans on parties and unions, and a campaign of intimidation and policing to erase checks on executive authority and c...

Jan 14, 2026
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What specific legal and institutional safeguards prevented a U.S. presidential consolidation of power similar to the Enabling Act?

The United States avoided an Enabling‑Act style legal seizure of power largely because of the constitutional architecture—separation of powers, federalism and a written charter that dispersed authorit...

Jan 7, 2026

On January 8, 1934, the German Ministry of the Interior ordered the disbandment of Freemasonry and confiscation of all lodge property

Yes: using powers granted by the Enabling Act, the Nazi government moved in January 1934 to end organized Freemasonry in Germany—issuing directives that led to the formal disbandment of lodges and the...

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