The 1933 Riechstag Enabling Act

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"The Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz in German) was passed by Germany's parliament (the Reichstag) on March 23, 1933. It was the second major step after the Reichstag Fire Decree through which the Nazis obtained dictatorial powers using largely legal means. The Act enabled Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his cabinet to enact laws without the participation of the Reichstag."

The formal name of the Enabling Act was Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich ("Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich").

Key passages (from Wikipedia translation):

"In addition to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, laws of the Reich may also be enacted by the government of the Reich."

"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 undisturbed."

Let's call the proposed Repub duck and cover-up "law" The Enabling Act.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act
via:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/25/133652/898