KnowraEnabling Act of 1933Linked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Enabling Act of 1933, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 6Related 9Narrower topic 1Compared with 1Adolf HitlerBroader topic: It gave Hitler a legal instrument to bypass the Reichstag and consolidate power.Weimar RepublicBroader topic: It dismantled constitutional checks after Hitler became chancellor.Weimar ConstitutionBroader topic: It bypassed the constitution’s ordinary legislative process and consolidated Nazi rule.Carl SchmittBroader topic: Schmitt defended the legal transformation that gave the Nazi government unchecked legislative authority.ReichstagBroader topic: Its passage stripped the Reichstag of effective legislative authority.State of exceptionBroader topic: It shows how formally legal emergency measures helped dismantle constitutional government.