demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p>[TL:DR: We need to stop the perversion of rule of law *globally*; concentrate on supporting democracies instead of despots. 💰 ]</p><p>On Carl Schmitt, the 'legal architect' of the Third Reich and inspiration to present day authoritarians.</p><p>「For Schmitt, every government capable of decisive action must include a dictatorial element within its constitution. Although the German concept of Ausnahmezustand is best translated as "state of emergency", it literally means "state of exception" which, according to Schmitt, frees the executive from any legal restraints to its power that would normally apply. The use of the term "exceptional" has to be underlined here: Schmitt defines sovereignty as the power to decide to initiate a state of exception [...]」</p><p>「Through the state of exception, Schmitt included all types of violence under right, in the case of the authority of Hitler leading to the formulation "The leader defends the law" ("Der Führer schützt das Recht").」</p><p>「Some have argued that Schmitt has become an important influence on Chinese political theory in the 21st century, particularly since Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012. </p><p>Schmitt's ideas have proved popular and useful instruments in justifying the legitimacy of Chinese Communist Party rule」</p><p>---</p><p>On July 1, 2024, (Chief Justice John) Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Trump v. United States, writing that *a president has absolute immunity for acts committed as president within their constitutional purview, presumptive immunity for official acts* , and no immunity for unofficial acts.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CarlSchmitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSchmitt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Legalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rob</span><span class="invisible">erts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sch</span><span class="invisible">mitt</span></a></p>