• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Also, Hitler had to declare a state if emergency to gain the absolute power the Supreme Court has just handed to the US president.

    Suffice it to say, something lile this is impossible now in Germany. The justices of our highest court, the Bindesverfassungsgericht, can only hold the job for 12 years and can be no older than 68. They are also always equally voted in by two different branches of the government and need a two thirds majority for any decision.

    Our democracy isn’t without faults, but this is probably our strongest bulwark against another descent into facsism.

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          2 months ago

          Because the Verfassungsschutz sucks, but that’s not the fault of the Bundesverfassungsgericht.

          And they repeatedly declared laws of the government unconstitutional, not matter which parties were in the coalition at the moment.

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      2 months ago

      I think Trump will declare a state of emergency as soon as people will riot against his unjust laws. Project 2025 has something about deploying the military against the population to force through deeply unpopular laws.