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Carl Schmitt's Decisionism and the Exception in Political Sovereignty

Quick fact

For Carl Schmitt, the sovereign is not the one who commands under established law, but the one who decides when the law does not apply—the one who decides on the state of exception.

Why this is interesting

What happens when a constitution is suspended? Who has the power to decide that the rule of law no longer applies, and what does that tell us about the true nature of political authority?