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The Reichstag Rule, revisited. [1]

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Date: 2025-03-13

I have read several diaries and many comments offering different perspectives on how Democratic Senators should respond to the Republican Continuing Resolution. I am on the side for a shutdown, but I appreciate that there are strong arguments to be made against that. In the interest of clarity, I propose a simple standard for judging how to proceed—the Reichstag Test.

It’s straightforward: Instead of the present day in Washington, imagine you are confronting this decision as a politician in the Reichstag in 1932. What is the right choice in that environment?

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