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To: Timber Rattler

“If we acknowledged what should be obvious — that much constitutional language is broad enough to encompass an almost infinitely wide range of positions — we might have a very different attitude about the obligation to obey.”

Translation: Hitler didn’t need a constitution, so why should we?


14 posted on 12/31/2012 12:24:42 PM PST by haroldeveryman
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To: haroldeveryman

Actually, I believe the Weimar constitution had a dictator clause, so the Third Reich was perfectly legal, at least at first, though he definitely didn’t hold fair elections to cement hus rule.


36 posted on 12/31/2012 2:27:16 PM PST by Tublecane
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