Two days after the 1933 burning of Germany’s Parliament Building, blamed on communists, Hitler responded with a powerful speech before Parliament.

Hitler asked Parliament to suspend sections of the Reich Constitution that protected Citizens’ Civil liberties. Hitler said the suspension was necessary so government could protect the homeland from being destroyed by communists. Hitler promised Parliament the Constitution would subsequently be restored. After Parliament passed Hitler’s Discriminatory Decrees and Hitler signed the new laws February 28, 1933, Hitler used the passed laws to abolished Parliament. Hitler’s 1933 Discriminatory Laws are provided below.

Compare: Pres. Obama’s in May 2010 in the name of preventing Terrorist and other violent acts proposed indefinite Prolonged Preventative Detention of any person “without evidence of wrongdoing” that U.S. Government deems a “combatant” or is likely to engage in violent acts in the future. With that amount power Obama could like Hitler detain members of Congress, drag U.S. Citizens off the street, from their homes to be imprisoned indefinitely based only on Government’s claim they are a “combatant” or (likely to engage in a violent act in the future.)

If Congress approves Obama’s numerous categories of persons likely to engage in violent acts in the future, overnight millions of lawful U.S. activists could become subject indefinite Prolonged Detention. When you examine Obama’s speech, it would appear Obama wants retroactive power to indefinitely detain anyone that government claims (prior) supported violent acts on the premise he or she is likely to engage in violent acts in the future: that could include government detaining any activist or group it claims (prior) networked with or supported activists that engaged in a violent act. Note the word “engaged.”

If Congress gives Obama the power to indefinitely detain anyone without evidence of wrongdoing, lawful U.S. activists may be vulnerable to being deemed “combatants” or likely to engage in violent acts in the future, because no activist can control what other activists might do illegally they network with domestically or overseas. Government would only have to claim one person in a group or organization thought about committing a violent act to subject lawful activists to Preventative Detention, with no evidence whatsoever. Most Americans would be afraid to speak out. It is foreseeable any “individual” who writes on the Internet or verbally express an opinion against or an entity of U.S. Government or its coalition partners could be deemed a “Combatant” or likely to engage in violent acts: government can too easily claim an author’s writings inspired people in the past and will in the future to engage in violent acts. It is problematic indefinitely detained U.S. Citizens not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings or allowed legal counsel will be interrogated; and subsequently prosecuted for ordinary crimes because of their alleged admissions while held in indefinite “Preventive Detention” without the right to an attorney.

Obama similar to Hitler is centralizing power in the federal Government by getting legislation passed that U.S. government could potentially use to intimidate and threaten businesses and corporations among others. Hitler got similar laws passed shortly before the burning of the German Parliament building. Immediately after the fire, Hitler used his new laws to coerce corporations and others to support passage of fascist legislation that suspended the German Constitution. Obama is now approaching a position where he can use similar new laws, including the Patriot Act and 200 asset forfeiture laws to seize any corporation or individual’s assets. Like Hitler Obama wants the power to override the U.S. Constitution; Obama wants the power to detain indefinitely without probable cause or evidence, any U.S. Citizen based on conjecture, someone might do something in the future. This President not only intends to void the U.S. Constitution he is numb to the Majority Will of the American People.

DECREE OF THE REICH PRESIDENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE AND STATE

Note: Based on translations by State Department, National Socialism, 1942 PP. 215-17, and Pollak, J.K., and Heneman, H.J., The Hitler Decrees, (1934), pp. 10-11.7

In virtue of Section 48 (2) of the German Constitution, the following is decreed as a defensive measure against Communist acts of Violence, endangering the state:

Section 1
Sections 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. Thus, restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press, on the right of assembly and the right of association, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house-searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed.

Section 2
If in a state the measures necessary for the restoration of public security and order are not taken, the Reich Government may temporarily take over the powers of the highest state authority.

Section 4
Whoever provokes, or appeals for or incites to the disobedience of the orders given out by the supreme state authorities or the authorities subject to then for the execution of this decree, or the orders given by the Reich Government according to Section 2, is punishable—insofar as the deed, is not covered by the decree with more severe punishment and with imprisonment of not less that one month, or with a fine from 150 up to 15,000 Reichsmarks.

Who ever endangers human life by violating Section 1, is to be punished by sentence to a penitentiary, under mitigating circumstances with imprisonment of not less than six months and, when violation causes the death of a person, with death, under mitigating circumstances with a penitentiary sentence of not less that two years. In addition the sentence my include confiscation of property.

Whoever provokes an inciter to or act contrary to public welfare is to be punished with a penitentiary sentence, under mitigating circumstances, with imprisonment of not less than three months.

Section 5
The crimes which under the Criminal Code are punishable with penitentiary for life are to be punished with death: i.e., in Sections 81 (high treason), 229 (poisoning), 306 (arson), 311 (explosion), 312 (floods), 315, paragraph 2 (damage to railroad properties, 324 (general poisoning).

Insofar as a more severe punishment has not been previously provided for, the following are punishable with death or with life imprisonment or with imprisonment not to exceed 15 years:

1. Anyone who undertakes to kill the Reich President or a member or a commissioner of the Reich Government or of a state government, or provokes to such a killing, or agrees to commit it, or accepts such an offer, or conspires with another for such a murder;

2. Anyone who under Section 115 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious rioting) or of Section 125 (2) of the Criminal Code (serious disturbance of the peace) commits the act with arms or cooperates consciously and intentionally with an armed person;

3. Anyone who commits a kidnapping under Section 239 of the Criminal with the intention of making use of the kidnapped person as a hostage in the political struggle.

Section 6
This decree enters in force on the day of its promulgation.

Reich President
Reich Chancellor
Reich Minister of the Interior
Reich Minister of Justice

Generally speaking, law is a body of rules prescribed by the state subject to sanctions or consequences.[5] The predominant view is that the concept of “rule of law” per se says nothing about the “justness” of the laws themselves, but simply how the legal system operates.[6][7] As a consequence of this, a very undemocratic nation or one without respect for human rights can exist with a “rule of law” — a situation which may be occurring in several modern dictatorships. The “rule of law”