<aside> 🛠 Article 48 (the suicide clause) → allowed the president to rule by decree without the consent of the Reichstag during times of emergency

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The legislation passed under this article was referred to as emergency degrees. Adolf Hitler utilised this to establish his dictatorship by destroying the democracy.

Fredrich Ebert used Article 48 on 63 occasions to manage the economic crisis from 1923-1924

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Hindenburg invoked Article 48 sixty times in 1932 alone

“If public security and order are seriously disturbed or endangered within
 the German Reich, the President of the Reich may take measures necessary
 for their restoration, intervening if need be with the assistance of the 
 armed forces.”

Rule by Decree

With an inability for the Reichstag to come to a consensus to pass legislation, President Hindenburg dismissed the process of parliamentary politics to achieve his aims by routinely using article 48. This was a hard habit to break....

∴ This habit of ruling by decree undermined the authority of the Reichstag and need for a constitutional democracy.