http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220822-181640-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/academic-roles-political-freedoms-and-practical-abilities/ Academic Roles, Political Freedoms, and Practical Abilities Bustamante, Thomas eng 2022-08-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 There is no general reason to suppose that constitutional law scholars should refrain from engaging in politics, and I think that a scholar’s motivation to achieve a certain political goal does not affect the value, quality, or credibility of the conclusions of her inquiry. Moreover, the austere research ethics underlying the arguments of Komárek and Khaitan imposes on constitutional law scholars a set of role obligations that are in tension with some dispositions and epistemic attitudes that are often necessary to be a competent scholar in value-laden disciplines like political philosophy and constitutional law.