Verfassungsblog – On Matters Constitutional
WEBWen es trifft: Der Volksbegriff der AfD und Szenarien der Diskriminierung. Wenn diesen Sonntag Landtagswahlen in Thüringen und in Sachsen stattfinden, könnte eine autoritär-populistische Partei stärkste Kraft werden, die mit ihrem Volksbegriff gegen Menschenwürde und Demokratieprinzip verstößt und die rechtliche Gleichheit der Staatsangehörigen in Frage stellt.
To Save the Rule of Law you Must Apparently Break It
WEBDec 11, 2020 — The interpretative declaration of 10 December 2020 is set to go down in history as a dark page for the rule of law in the Union legal order. Regardless of whether this document will be challenged before Court in the coming sixty days, it represents an unprecedented attempt by the Member States to disregard the rule of law as their dominant organisation principle. The Union being a “Community ...
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WEBAll Blogposts – Verfassungsblog. Verfassungsblog is a forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space, and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the political public sphere on the other. So ...
Podcast – Verfassungsblog
WEBDec 30, 2022 — Podcast – Verfassungsblog. 24 January 2023. Margaret Satterthwaite, Lennart Kokott. #DefendingTheDefenders – Episode 7: UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite. On the 24th of January, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we conclude our podcast with a conversation with Margaret Satterthwaite. She is a …
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WEBWhat we do – Verfassungsblog. Verfassungsblog is an academic and journalistic open access forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging European constitutional space and beyond. It sees itself as an interface between the academic expert discourse on the one hand and the ...
Shielding Frontex – Verfassungsblog
WEBSep 9, 2023 — In a landmark case, the EU General Court ruled this week on liability claims against Frontex for human rights violations - and rejected the damage claims. The case was the first of its kind concerning human rights responsibility of Frontex and had all the ingredients to prompt the General Court to finally clarify a number of pervasive and urgent questions concerning Frontex responsibility for ...
Judges, Political Mandates and Judicial Independence in Germany
WEBJan 20, 2023 — In Germany, 2022 has been a turbulent year regarding former (extreme) right-wing Members of Parliament (MP) returning to their original office as civil servants and judges. Two cases created special great media attention: Jens Maier and Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, demanded (and partly succeeded) to return to serve as judges again. These cases bring the (often problematic) relationship between ...
Editorial – Verfassungsblog
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Verfassungsblog
WEBDec 19, 2023 — Hence, the package wrapped as ‘defence of democracy’ against threats from the outside might in effect be a welcome pre-Christmas gift for the very enemies of democracy on the EU’s inside. DOWNLOAD PDF. LICENSED UNDER CC BY-SA 4.0. Feisel, Franca Maria: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The EU's 'Defence of Democracy' Package, VerfBlog ...
Der Klimabeschluss des BVerfG – Verfassungsblog
WEBMay 25, 2021 — Das Bundesverfassungsgericht fordert in seinem historischen Klima-Beschluss, über 2031 hinaus zu definieren, wie Emissionen zu reduzieren sind. Die Pointe dieser Konstruktion liegt darin, dass der Gesetzgeber hier nicht nur punktuelle Änderungen für den Zeitraum ab 2031 vornehmen kann, ohne mit anderen Vorgaben Karlsruhes in Konflikt zu geraten.