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* did not provide a right to control or abolish these laws, not for any house committee nor the [[Reichsrat (Germany)|Reichsrat]] (the common organ of the [[states of Germany]]).
In comparison to the situation of the 1920s, Hitler's Nazi Party and his coalition partner the [[German National People's Party|DNVP]] did have a parliamentary majority since the [[March 1933 German federal election|general elections of 3 March 1933]].<ref>{{cite thesis |first=Sylvia |last=Eilers |title=Ermächtigungsgesetz und militärischer Ausnahmezustand zur Zeit des ersten Kabinetts von Reichskanzler Wilhelm Marx 1923/1924 |language=de |trans-title=Enabling Act and military state of emergency at the time of the first cabinet of Chancellor Wilhelm Marx 1923/1924 |type=inaugural dissertation<!--not "PhD thesis" in the German system: the degree is not called that--> |location=Cologne |year=1987–1988 |page=163}}</ref> Those elections and then the voting in the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]] were carried out in a climate of intimidation and violence carried out by [[Weimar paramilitary groups|right-wing paramilitary groups]] such as the Nazi {{lang|de|[[Sturmabteilung]]}}. On 23 March, the [[Communist Party of Germany]] was already banned and its delegates imprisoned, the Social Democrat delegates were the only ones present in the Reichstag to vote against, while the Centre Party and centre-right parties voted yes in order to prevent something "worse".
The Enabling Act of 1933 was renewed by a purely [[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)|Nazi Reichstag]] in 1937 and 1939. In 1941 and 1943, it was renewed by decree, though without a time limit in 1943. Although it states that it is valid only for the duration of the current Hitler government of 1933, it remained in force even after major changes of ministers. In any case, Hitler called the cabinet together only very rarely after the first months of 1933. The last cabinet meeting happened in 1937. He preferred to govern via decrees and personal orders.
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