r/politics • u/Mason_Miami • 1d ago

Conservative group claims Trump's tariffs illegally usurp powers of Congress

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-unlawful-impost-must-fall-conservative-group-sues-trump-claiming-tariffs-are-unconstitutional-exercise-of-legislative-power/
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u/schwanzweissfoto 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ignoring laws and conjuring justifications from thin air is nazi shit. It was proven to work in Germany in the 1930s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_exception

A state of exception (German: Ausnahmezustand) is a concept introduced in the 1920s by the German philosopher, jurist and Nazi Party member Carl Schmitt, similar to a state of emergency (martial law) but based in the sovereign's ability to transcend the rule of law […] he defined political sovereignty as, essentially, the ability to ignore the law […]

Edit: How to deal with such a thing? “As always: Kill Hitler!” – Colonel Chestbridge (Danger 5)

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u/tehMarzipanEmperor 1d ago

There's a long history of political assassinations. Typically, when the assassin is successful, the outcome is very volatile, tending towards the opposite of what the assassin hoped to accomplish.

It's not done because it doesn't work.

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u/schwanzweissfoto 1d ago

It's not done because it doesn't work.

In any democracy, you can easily find a new / backup leadership. In a dictatorship with a cult of personality though …

A lot of people tried to kill Hitler. Even male models:

Encouraged by Claus Stauffenberg, Major Axel von dem Bussche agreed to carry out a suicide bombing in order to kill Hitler. Bussche, who was over two meters tall, blonde and blue-eyed, exemplified the Nazi "Nordic ideal" and was thus chosen to personally model the Army's new winter uniform in front of Hitler. In his backpack, Bussche concealed a landmine, which he planned to detonate while embracing Hitler. However, the viewing was canceled after the rail car containing the new uniforms was destroyed in an Allied air raid on Berlin.

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Ewald von Kleist attempted a scheme similar to Von dem Bussche's. However, the uniform inspection was once again postponed, and eventually cancelled by Hitler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Adolf_Hitler

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u/Dus-Sn 23h ago

...but why male models?