Alliances and treaties with foreign States concerning subjects of national legislation require the consent of the Reichstag.
Article 46.
The President of the Realm appoints and dismisses officials and officers of the Realm, except as may be otherwise provided. He can exercise his rights of appointment and dismissal through other authorities.
Article 47.
The supreme command over the whole armed forces of the Realm resides in the President of the Realm.
Article 48.[23]
Should any Land fail to fulfil the obligations imposed on it by the constitution or laws of the Realm, the President of the Realm may constrain it thereto by armed force.
Should public order and safety be seriously disturbed or threatened in the German Realm, the President of the Realm may take the necessary measures to restore public order and safety; in case of need he may use armed force. For this purpose he may, for the time being, suspend wholly or partly the fundamental civil rights detailed in Articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153.
The President of the Realm is bound without delay to communicate to the Reichstag all measures taken by him in virtue of Clause 1 or Clause 2 of this Article. The Reichstag may require such measures to be abrogated.
A Land Government may take temporary measures of the nature indicated in Clause 2, should delay be dangerous. The President of the Realm or the Reichstag may require such measures to be abrogated.