Problem
From 1919 to 1925, Friedrich Ebert, the President of the Weimar Republic, invoked Article 48 136 times--more than 60 times in 1923-24. Explain why Ebert so frequently used Article 48 to suspend classic civil rights as enumerated in articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Republican Constitution? What events encouraged Ebert to use this article?