09 Juli 2021
Normale Zeiten
Über Pandemie, Asyl, Afghanistan, Fluchthilfe, Sonnencreme und den Drang, in Ruhe gelassen zu werden Continue reading >>
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Normal Times
On the pandemic, asylum, Afghanistan, refugees, sunscreen lotion, and the urge to be left alone Continue reading >>
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02 Juli 2021
Openers for Interpretation
On the US Supreme Court and why something needs to be done Continue reading >>25 Juni 2021
Keine Kompromisse
Über Offensichtliches, Kontroverses und was passiert, wenn sich das "normale Volk" nicht im Spiegelbild der demokratischen Wahl erkennt Continue reading >>
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We will not compromise
On the obvious and the controversial and what happens when the "normal people" don't recognise themselves in the mirror of democratic elections Continue reading >>18 Juni 2021
You are bound
On the law and the force and the possibility of proven murderers walking free Continue reading >>
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Du bist gebunden
Über das Recht, die Kraft und die Möglichkeit, dass überführte Mörder frei herumlaufen Continue reading >>11 Juni 2021
What do I know about Kashmir?
On fear, complacency, and wild, remote regions Continue reading >>
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Was weiß ich denn schon über Kaschmir?
Über Angst und Zufriedenheit und wilde, entfernte Gegenden Continue reading >>04 Juni 2021
After he’s gone
Bibi's fall and how to find back from authoritarian populism to democratic politics Continue reading >>
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Wenn er weg ist
Bibis Sturz und wie man aus dem autoritären Populismus in die demokratische Politik zurückfindet Continue reading >>28 Mai 2021
Borders
On Zittau, environmental impact and what we can get used to and what not Continue reading >>
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Grenzen
Über Zittau, Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen und woran wir uns gewöhnen können und woran nicht Continue reading >>
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21 Mai 2021
Dance of Courts
State, federal and EU constitutional law and the emergence of black holes on the legal map of Europe Continue reading >>
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Tanz der Gerichte
Länder-, Bundes- und EU-Verfassungsrecht und das Auftauchen von schwarzen Löchern auf der Landkarte Europas Continue reading >>07 Mai 2021
Three Crises and One Waiver
On patents, pandemics, and old hues on new world maps Continue reading >>
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Drei Krisen und ein Waiver
Über Pharmapatente, die WTO und alte Farbtöne auf neuen Corona-Inzidenzweltkarten Continue reading >>
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30 April 2021
Ok, Boomer
Über Regelkreise, Klimawandel und das Bundesverfassungsgericht Continue reading >>Ok, Boomer
On control loops, climate change and the Federal Constitutional Court Continue reading >>
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23 April 2021
Eigentümliches Eigentum
Warum eine substanzielle Vermögensbesteuerung weit weniger verfassungswidrig wäre, als viele glauben Continue reading >>Improper Property
Why substantial property taxation might be a lot less unconstitutional than many think Continue reading >>
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16 April 2021
No reason to be gentle
On criticism, respect and the rent cap decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht Continue reading >>
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Kein Anlass zur Schonung
Über Kritik und Respekt und den Mietendeckelbeschluss des Bundesverfassungsgerichts Continue reading >>09 April 2021
Not everyone
On human rights, utopia and who gets to be a member of the European demos and who doesn't Continue reading >>
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Nicht jeder Mensch
Über Menschenrechte, Utopien und wer zum Europäischen Demos dazugehört und wer nicht Continue reading >>26 März 2021
Was heißt hier Verzeihung?
Angela Merkel bittet um Entschuldigung. Excuse me? Continue reading >>What Does Forgiveness Mean Anyway?
Angela Merkel asks for forgiveness. Excuse me? Continue reading >>12 März 2021
On the Creation and the Slaying of Monsters
On paradigm change, generational change, antitrust law, and Amazon Continue reading >>
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Vom Schaffen und Erschlagen von Monstern
Über Paradigmenwechsel, Generationswechsel, Kartellrecht und Amazon Continue reading >>05 März 2021
Gewinnen durch Verlieren
Viktor Orbán könnte nächstes Jahr abgewählt werden. Aber das heißt noch lange nicht, dass jemand anders an seiner Stelle regieren kann. Continue reading >>Winning by Losing
Viktor Orbán could be voted out of office next year. But that does not mean that someone else can govern in his place. Continue reading >>
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26 Februar 2021
Wolves and Men
On Henry VIII, Shamima Begum and other novelistic material Continue reading >>19 Februar 2021
Nicht länger naiv
Hat uns die Erfahrung der Pandemie robuster gemacht? Continue reading >>12 Februar 2021
Democracy as opposed to what?
On democracy, its opposite, and where to find what and what serves whom Continue reading >>
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Demokratie im Gegensatz wozu?
Über Demokratie, ihr Gegenteil und wo was zu finden ist und was wem nützt Continue reading >>
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05 Februar 2021
Streng vertraulich
Über geheime Dienste, vertraute Vertrauenspersonen und andere Dinge, über die man nicht laut spricht Continue reading >>
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Strictly confidential
On secret services, confident confidants and other matters one shouldn't talk about too loudly Continue reading >>
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29 Januar 2021
Was man sieht und was nicht
Über Putins Palast, private Verträge und andere Dinge, die man nicht jeden Tag sieht Continue reading >>Now you see it, now you don’t
On Putin's palace, private contracts and other matters that one doesn't see every day Continue reading >>
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22 Januar 2021
Interpreters of the Constitution
Why the constitutional debate about the Covid measures is different from the "rule of lawlessness" discourse of 2016/18 Continue reading >>
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Verfassungsinterpreten
Was die verfassungsrechtliche Debatte um die Corona-Maßnahmen vom "Herrschaft-des-Unrechts"-Diskurs 2016/18 unterscheidet Continue reading >>15 Januar 2021
Press Here to Reset the System
Why removing Trump from an office he no longer holds is a good thing to do Continue reading >>
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Drücken Sie hier, um das System zurückzusetzen
Warum die Amtsenthebung von Trump auch ohne Amt geboten ist Continue reading >>08 Januar 2021
The Mob
On the Trump coup, the constitution and the unity of the nation Continue reading >>
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18 Dezember 2020
2020: Turning Point
A look back on a most exceptional year and the most-read VB posts in it. Continue reading >>
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2020: Zeitenwende
Ein Blick zurück auf ein außergewöhnliches Jahr und die meistgelesenen VB-Posts darin. Continue reading >>
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11 Dezember 2020
Wenn das das Happy End ist, kann ich bitte noch mal das Unhappy End sehen?
Womöglich haben Ungarn und Polen bereits gewonnen. Continue reading >>If that’s the happy ending, could I have another look at the unhappy ending, please?
Hungary and Poland seem to have won already. Continue reading >>
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04 Dezember 2020
Klagen und klagen lassen
Über Mitgliedstaaten, die Mitgliedstaaten verklagen, und andere aktuelle Rechtsstaatlichkeitsthemen Continue reading >>
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Sue and Let Sue
On member states taking member states to court, and other topical rule of law affairs Continue reading >>
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27 November 2020
Liebesgrüße aus Warschau
Warum die polnische Regierung deutsche Jurist_innen umwirbt Continue reading >>
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13 November 2020
Abgang eines Jahrhundert-Bullshitters
Über Trump, über "On Bullshit" und über Bullshit Continue reading >>Exit of the Bullshitter of the Century
On Trump, on "On Bullshit", and on Bullshit Continue reading >>
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06 November 2020
Die große Illusion
Über den Wahlverlierer Trump, Spannungsbögen und den Unterschied zwischen einem Punkt und einem Strich Continue reading >>The Grand Illusion
On the loser Donald Trump, several arcs of suspense and the difference between a dot and a dash Continue reading >>30 Oktober 2020
Weißglut in Warschau
Warum der Protest gegen das "Abtreibungsurteil" weit mehr ist als nur das Continue reading >>Livid in Warsaw
Why the protests against the "abortion judgment" are a lot more than just that Continue reading >>
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23 Oktober 2020
Prophezeiungen, die sich selbst erfüllen
Über rechte und linke Justizpolitik und die liberale Versuchung der Äquidistanz Continue reading >>
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
On left-wing and right-wing judicial policies and the seductive liberal illusion of equidistance Continue reading >>
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16 Oktober 2020
The Epochal Failure of the EU Commission
On Judge Beata Morawiec, the rampant sowjetization of the Polish judicial policy, and how it could come to all that. Continue reading >>
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Das epochale Versagen der EU-Kommission
Über Richterin Beata Morawiec, die galoppierende Sowjetisierung der polnischen Justizpolitik und wie es so weit kommen konnte. Continue reading >>09 Oktober 2020
Rule of Law as Ideology
On pride, humility and German-American constitutional friendship Continue reading >>
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Rule of Law als Ideologie
Über Stolz, Demut und deutsch-amerikanische Verfassungsfreundschaft Continue reading >>
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02 Oktober 2020
Quo usque tandem, Viktorina
Über Viktor Orbán, den Rechtsstaatlichkeitsbericht und den Unterschied zwischen einem Risiko und einem Schaden Continue reading >>
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Quo usque tandem, Viktorina
On Viktor Orbán, the EU Rule of Law Report, and the difference between risk and damage. Continue reading >>
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25 September 2020
Action and Reaction
On the packing of courts, when one should do it, and when one should not. Continue reading >>Aktion und Reaktion
Über Court Packing und wann man es lassen sollte. Und wann nicht. Continue reading >>
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11 September 2020
Thug Life
Über Outlaws, Regierungen und was passiert, wenn die eine sich in das andere verwandelt. Continue reading >>
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Thug Life
On outlaws, governments and what happens when one turns into the other. Continue reading >>
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04 September 2020
At the Margin of Society
On the marginalized, the marginalizers and a false symmetry. Continue reading >>
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Am Rand der Gesellschaft
Über Marginalisierer, Marginalisierte und falsche Symmetrien. Continue reading >>03 Juli 2020
Minority Power
On electoral law, parliamentary law and other nerdy aspects of contemporary German politics. Continue reading >>Die Macht der Minderheit
Über das Wahlrecht, das Parlamentsrecht und andere Nerdigkeiten des aktuellen Politikgeschehens. Continue reading >>26 Juni 2020
On Flags, Borders and Crimes
On burning flags, freedom of opinion and why we don't care if foreigners get hit Continue reading >>
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Von Flaggen, Grenzen und Strafen
Über Flaggenverbrennung, Meinungsfreiheit und warum uns die so wenig interessiert, wenn es doch nur Ausländer_innen trifft Continue reading >>19 Juni 2020
Arbitrary and capricious
On dreamers, Trump, the US Supreme Court and the difference between a Rechtsstaat and an authoritarian regime. Continue reading >>
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Willkürlich und launenhaft
Über Dreamer, Trump, den US Supreme Court und den Unterschied zwischen einem Rechtsstaat und einem autoritärem Regime. Continue reading >>
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12 Juni 2020
Want a law? Draft one
On Berlin, communizing real-estate behemoths and the power to initiate a law Continue reading >>
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Wer ein Gesetz begehrt, soll eins entwerfen
Über Berlin, zu verstaatlichende Immobilienkonzerne und die Macht, die dem Recht auf Gesetzesinitiative innewohnt. Continue reading >>05 Juni 2020
Quis furor, o cives…
On civil rights, civil war and why one should beware of false associations looking at Minneapolis. Continue reading >>
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Quis furor, o cives…
Über Bürgerrechte, Bürgerkriege und warum man sich mit Blick auf Minneapolis vor falschen Assoziationen hüten sollte. Continue reading >>
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29 Mai 2020
Terrible Order
On Hong Kong, Kompetenz-Kompetenz and the necessity of taking sides. Continue reading >>
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Entsetzliche Ordnung
Über Hongkong, Kompetenz-Kompetenz und die Notwendigkeit, sich auf eine Seite zu schlagen. Continue reading >>22 Mai 2020
Watching the Peacock Dance
Why is Viktor Orbán suddenly making nice with the ECJ and closing the Röszke camp? I don't know. But I have some suspicions. Continue reading >>
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Dem Pfau beim Tanz zusehen
Warum gibt sich Viktor Orbán plötzlich handzahm gegenüber dem EuGH und schließt das Lager Röszke? Das weiß ich auch nicht, habe aber so meine Vermutungen. Continue reading >>15 Mai 2020
The liberal elite send their regards
On skewed pictures, failed PR campaigns and the ongoing fallout of last week's ultra vires judgment of the Bundesverfassungsgericht. Continue reading >>
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Schönen Gruß von der liberalen Elite
Über schiefe Bilder, schief gegangene PR-Kampagnen und den fortdauernden Fallout des Ultra-Vires-Urteils des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Continue reading >>08 Mai 2020
We Super-Europeans
Judges at war? Judges at dance? Or is it just a tragedy? On the FCC ultra vires decision, its fallout and other topics of this eventful week. Continue reading >>
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Wir Super-Europäer
Krieg der Richter? Tanz der Richter? Oder einfach nur ein Trauerspiel? Über eine Woche im Schatten des ominösen PSPP-Urteils aus Karlsruhe. Continue reading >>24 April 2020
We can do it
On Angela Merkel, her crisis management, the tyranny of goals and the difference between both. Continue reading >>
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Wir schaffen das
Über Angela Merkel, ihr Krisenmanagement, die "Tyrannei des Ziels" und den Unterschied zwischen beidem. Continue reading >>17 April 2020
Nichts wie zuvor
Keine Sorge, dies wird nicht die drölfzigste nachdenkliche Betrachtung darüber, […] Continue reading >>
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Nothing like before
I’m sure you’ve read enough musing reflections on how radically […] Continue reading >>
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04 April 2020
Noch lange kein Polizeistaat
Über Autoritäre, Libertäre und was beide in Zeiten der Coronakrise gemeinsam haben. Continue reading >>Not a Police State just yet
On Authoritarians, Libertarians and what both have in common in these Corona times. Continue reading >>
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27 März 2020
Sancta Corona, ora pro nobis
On elevated temperature, breathing troubles and other symptoms of a crisis of constitutional democracy Continue reading >>
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Sancta Corona, ora pro nobis
Über erhöhte Temperatur, Atembeschwerden und andere Krisenzeichen des demokratischen Verfassungsstaates. Continue reading >>20 März 2020
Dearth, Plague and Pestilence
On Corona, Europe and a world in a state of emergency. Continue reading >>
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Teurung, Not und Pestilenz
Über Corona, Europa und eine Welt im Ausnahmezustand. Continue reading >>06 März 2020
So this is what the European Way of Life looks like, huh?
On Greece, Poland, India, Thailand, Armenia, Germany, Europe and Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading >>
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Das muss er sein, der European Way of Life
Über Griechenland, Polen, Indien, Thailand, Armenien, Deutschland, Europa und Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading >>28 Februar 2020
Alive until you aren’t
On Poland, France, UK, Germany, Europe, the World and one great and one less great judgment from Karlsruhe. Continue reading >>
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Lebendig bis zum Schluss
Über Polen, Frankreich, UK, Deutschland, die Welt und ein tolles und ein nicht so tolles Urteil des Zweiten Senats des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Continue reading >>
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21 Februar 2020
Das Leben der Anderen
Über rechten Terror, Europa, Türkei, Italien und den fetten Bußprediger von Budapest. Continue reading >>The Life of Others
On right-wing terrorism, Turkey, Strasbourg, Italy and the fat friar of Budapest. Continue reading >>
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14 Februar 2020
Es geht nicht um den Platz am Tisch.
Es geht um den Tisch.
Über Deutschland, UK, Irland, Flüchtlingsschutz und meine ganz persönliche Bitte an Friedrich Merz. Continue reading >>
It’s not about a seat at the table.
It’s about the table.
On Germany, UK, Ireland, refugee protection and a respectful request to Friedrich Merz. Continue reading >>
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07 Februar 2020
This is not a drill
On Thuringia, the US, Poland, Europe and some extremely odd practices in academic publishing. Continue reading >>Das ist kein Probealarm
Über Thüringen, USA, Polen, Europa und die sonderbaren Praktiken im Wissenschafts-Verlagsbusiness. Continue reading >>31 Januar 2020
Die EU hat keine Nationalgarde
Über Polen. Andere Länder auch, aber ganz überwiegend über Polen. Continue reading >>The EU has no National Guard
On Poland. Other places too, but mostly about Poland. Continue reading >>
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24 Januar 2020
Was qualmt denn da so komisch?
Über Polen, Russland und andere "gelenkte Demokratien", UK und andere (noch) nicht gelenkte Demokratien. Und Deutschland. Und Europa. Und, erwähnte ich das schon? natürlich Polen. Continue reading >>
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Have you noticed that burnt smell?
On Poland, Russia and other "guided democracies", the UK and other not (yet) guided democracies. And on Germany. Oh, and have I mentioned Poland? And on Poland. Continue reading >>17 Januar 2020
Kein Appeasement
Neues aus Russland, Polen, Spanien, Indien, Deutschland und Italien. Continue reading >>
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10 Januar 2020
Möglicherweise Krieg
USA, Iran, Deutschland, Polen, Indien, Chile, Österreich und eine Menge mehr. Continue reading >>Possibly War
USA, Iran, Germany, Poland, India, Austria, Chile, and a whole lot more Continue reading >>
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20 Dezember 2019
2019: a Changed Climate
In which I look back on 2019 and the most-read posts of this year. Continue reading >>
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13 Dezember 2019
The Choice of Our Time
In which I worry an awful lot about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Continue reading >>06 Dezember 2019
Grassroots growing upwards
In which I have second thoughts about primary elections and their benefit for democracy. Continue reading >>29 November 2019
The Great Repression
In which I welcome Jens Söring, the ,Söring v. United Kingdom' Söring, home after 33 years of imprisonment. Continue reading >>
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22 November 2019
Be Aware or Be Next!
In which I call David Law to ask him to explain to me the situation on the ground in Hong Kong. Continue reading >>
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15 November 2019
Right-Wing Crits
In which I take issue with the Judicial Power Project. Continue reading >>08 November 2019
Competitors for the Majority
In which I respectfully disagree with the large majority of Ministers of Justice in Germany. Continue reading >>01 November 2019
1989 and me
In which I mostly deplore my lack of curiosity as a 19 year old in rural Upper Bavaria. Continue reading >>
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25 Oktober 2019
See you around
On Unions, withdrawals and other matters of potentially paradoxical nature. Continue reading >>
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18 Oktober 2019
Closing Loops, Unclosing Loops
On elections in Poland and Hungary and other constitutional matters of hope and despair. Continue reading >>11 Oktober 2019
Getting Rid of Them
On impeaching Trump, sacking BoJo and other matters of constitutional reverie. Continue reading >>
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05 Oktober 2019
Not Madness nor Treason
On old English ladies, indigestible lumps and other matters of delight and disgust in constitutional law and policy. Continue reading >>27 September 2019
Without the Benefit of Hindsight
On history being written by the winner and other myths of constitutional and unconstitutional nature. Continue reading >>20 September 2019
A Bug, not a Feature
On empty concepts, blind spots and other matters of constitutional visibility. Continue reading >>13 September 2019
Get on the Istanbul Express
The answer to authoritarian populism are uneasy alliances of different types of political forces loyal to political democracy, however difficult that may seem under quite different political circumstances. Continue reading >>06 September 2019
A Matter of Confidence
On lying without expecting belief and other harbingers of constitutional doom. Continue reading >>
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30 August 2019
Brexit as Fate
On Boris, the seven plagues of Brexit and other matters of constitutional myth-making Continue reading >>
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13 Juli 2019
The First Decade
A stroll down memory lane after 10 years of matters constitutional on Verfassungsblog. Continue reading >>06 Juli 2019
The Bursting of a Constitutional Bubble
On stunts, bluffs, confidence tricks and other mind-boggling matters constitutional. Continue reading >>29 Juni 2019
A Matter of Intent
On constitutional jurisdiction in the EU and the US and other ways to check or boost the right-wing project. Continue reading >>
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15 Juni 2019
Being a Good Dictator is not so Easy
On investigative journalists, homeless people, aberrant academics and other sources of civic unrest and discomfort. Continue reading >>09 Juni 2019
A Bad Workman Blames His Tools
On caulking walls, laying oxygen pipes and other matters of constitutional craftsmanship Continue reading >>01 Juni 2019
Lies in Politics
On Boris Johnson, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and other active or passive issues of constitutional truthfulness. Continue reading >>25 Mai 2019
Talking about the Weather
On young protesters, old constitutions and other matters of epochal significance. Continue reading >>
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18 Mai 2019
Constitution without Qualities
On constitutional jubilees, Alexander Gauland and other matters of what works and what doesn't. Continue reading >>11 Mai 2019
Ranks and Titles
On being a professor, running for MEP and other matters of legal and constitutional entitlement. Continue reading >>04 Mai 2019
Mine and Your’s
On socialism, libertarianism, constitutionalism and a fellow named Kevin Kühnert. Continue reading >>27 April 2019
Confidence and Trust
On some unexpected ramifications of the judicial independence issue and other constitutional mischief. Continue reading >>
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20 April 2019
Towards the 8th Decade of the Grundgesetz
On constitutional jubilees, narratives, books and other causes for celebration and concern. Continue reading >>13 April 2019
Special Edition: South of the Border
On one of the world's most rotten constitutions and other things we learned travelling in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Continue reading >>30 März 2019
After Defeat
On the hammering of Britain, EU triumph and the danger of excessive constitutional rigidity. Continue reading >>23 März 2019
Towards the Cliff
On Brexit, the Westminster model and other precipitous matters constitutional. Continue reading >>16 März 2019
A Glimpse of the Future?
On Venezuela, Hungary, Poland and other risky but interesting parallels in constitutional law and policy. Continue reading >>09 März 2019
Answering Macron
On politics and constitutional politics and the difference between both. Continue reading >>02 März 2019
The Rules of the Game
On coalitions, conventions and other matters for constitutional pharisees to wrap their head around. Continue reading >>
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23 Februar 2019
Our Own People
On stripping Germans from being Germans and other more or less existential matters constitutional. Continue reading >>16 Februar 2019
Points and Vectors
On reasons of last resort, final cigarettes and other matters of constitutional ultimativity. Continue reading >>09 Februar 2019
Brother’s Keeper
On European judges looking out for one another, and other glad and less glad constitutional tidings. Continue reading >>
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02 Februar 2019
Among the Free and Equal
On parity, parties, parliaments and other particularities of the constitutional week that was. Continue reading >>26 Januar 2019
Minister of Civil Resistance
On law, politics and a fellow named Herbert Kickl. Continue reading >>
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19 Januar 2019
As You Like It
On Brexit, the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything and other constitutional and unconstitutional conundra. Continue reading >>12 Januar 2019
Piercing the Hull
On the rocking of boats, the weathering of storms and other matters of constitutional seafaring. Continue reading >>
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15 Dezember 2018
A Christmas Wish
On this crazy year of 2018 and how to move on with the Verfassungsblog project. Continue reading >>
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08 Dezember 2018
This Time it’s Serious
On burning barricades, shifting balances and other riotous matters of constitutionalism. Continue reading >>01 Dezember 2018
Into the Open
On voting for the bad guys, rooting for the good guys and other matters of constitution and compromise. Continue reading >>
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24 November 2018
Law Rules!
On backpedalling Poles, diesel-guzzling Bavarians and other matters of constitutional pro- and regress. Continue reading >>
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17 November 2018
Constitutional Metastasis
On Hungarian elections not being exclusively Hungarian and other news from the constitutional cancer ward. Continue reading >>
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10 November 2018
Constitutionalizing Facebook
On public space, private autonomy and other matters of who owes what sort of justification to whom. Continue reading >>03 November 2018
Confessions of an Ex-Neoliberal
On past mistakes made and future mistakes to be avoided and other matters of constitutional penitence. Continue reading >>
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27 Oktober 2018
Viewed from Without
On constitutional holism, colliding trains and other matters of constitutional catastrophe. Continue reading >>
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20 Oktober 2018
A Ghost Story
On the German Reich, Polish judicial reforms and other uncanny phenomena of paraconstitutional law. Continue reading >>
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13 Oktober 2018
Cakes that Speak
On anti-gay pastry, discrimination darkrooms and other matters of constitutional and unconstitutional confectionery. Continue reading >>06 Oktober 2018
Men Like Them
On frat boys, men of honour and other phenomena of constitutional masculinity. Continue reading >>29 September 2018
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
On the role of the media and good and bad journalists according to the spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior in Vienna. Continue reading >>22 September 2018
Fool me once
On last-minute delays for Poland, last-ditch attempts to fire Maaßen and other ways of overtaxing our constitutional patience. Continue reading >>
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15 September 2018
Thanks for the Clarification
On clear lines for Orbán, murky pools for Maaßen and other matters of constitutional translucence and opacity. Continue reading >>08 September 2018
Silence means Dissent
On abstention, abstaining and other ways of staying clear of constitutional and non-constitutional sin. Continue reading >>
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25 August 2018
Law and Sentiment
On public opinion, private feelings and other sensible and sentimental matters constitutional. Continue reading >>21 Juli 2018
Break from the Break
On the epic fight about Prawo and Sprawiedliwość that is going on in Poland and other estival reasons for constitutional alarm. Continue reading >>
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14 Juli 2018
Seven Long Years
On staring into abysses, the passing of time and what we all want to be remembered for. Continue reading >>
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07 Juli 2018
What You Did This Summer
On legal entanglement, brotherly love and other matters of constitutional fiction and non-fiction Continue reading >>
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30 Juni 2018
Fight these People!
On the need to fight these people, and the need to fight these people. And the need to fight these people. Continue reading >>23 Juni 2018
Bavarian Curses
On geography in Europe, on the firmness of the ground underneath us and other matters of constitutional disorientation. Continue reading >>16 Juni 2018
A Tale of Two Unions
On Christian Democrats, Europe and other unifying and disuniting matters constitutional. Continue reading >>09 Juni 2018
Money is Time
On revenues and expenditures and other entries in the constitutional balance sheet. Continue reading >>
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02 Juni 2018
Festa della Repubblica
On elevating one government and toppling another and further topsy-turvy matters constitutional. Continue reading >>26 Mai 2018
Hitting the Right Person
On kicking the one and meaning the other and other straight and crooked constitutional shooters. Continue reading >>
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12 Mai 2018
Show your Fetish
On superstition, substitution and other super-duper matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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05 Mai 2018
A Hymn to the Rechtsstaat
On the busting of myths, the rottenness of Denmark and other constitutionalist examples of not singing along Continue reading >>28 April 2018
Bavarian Krampf
On the cross, the kippah and other constitutional and unconstitutional uses of religious symbols to make refugees feel bad. Continue reading >>21 April 2018
The Good Thing about Being German
On not bombing Syria, not saving Europe and other con- and destitutional opportunities to feel smug about ourselves. Continue reading >>14 April 2018
To Pick an Argument
About courtesy, courts and other catalysts of constitutional combativeness. Continue reading >>
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07 April 2018
Piercing the Second Reality
On legal monsters and monstrous lawyers and other gothic tales of contemporary constitutionalism Continue reading >>
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24 März 2018
Having the Pudding and Eating It
On empty bowls, full mouths and other cases of distitutional crapulence. Continue reading >>
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17 März 2018
A Whiff of Thuggery
On white papers, dark arts and other matters of different degrees of constitutional shadiness. Continue reading >>
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10 März 2018
Rise together, fall together
On Turkish coffee, Western spaghetti and other treats and mistreatments of constitutional relevance. Continue reading >>
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03 März 2018
Italian Conditions
On staying uncompromised, staying neutral and other matters of constitutional purity and putrification. Continue reading >>
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24 Februar 2018
Game without Rules
On one-way streets, two-way deals and other matters of constitutional duplicity and triplicity. Continue reading >>
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17 Februar 2018
Doors Will Open on the Liberal-Hand Side
On right and left and straight ahead and other matters of constitutional balance or polarization. Continue reading >>
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10 Februar 2018
Thank God I am not like other People
On dimly lit butcher shops, federal feelings of being at home and other constitutional non-starters Continue reading >>
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03 Februar 2018
The Deed, not the Doer
On populist pluralism, pluralist populism and other dazzling and dizzying matters constitutional. Continue reading >>27 Januar 2018
Project Waterproof
On the weathering of storms, the patching of roofs and other elements of constitutional durability. Continue reading >>20 Januar 2018
It can happen here
On German militant democracy, Indian militant Supreme Court Justices and other phenomena of pugnacious constitutionalism. Continue reading >>
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13 Januar 2018
So much Love
On inter-judicial romance, same-sex love in Romania and other heart-warming matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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06 Januar 2018
Beware the Demogorgon
On mock realities, monsters and other contemporary phenomena of constitutionalism. Continue reading >>16 Dezember 2017
Article 7 and us
On constitutional emergencies and emergency constitutions and other boons and banes of European rule of law. Continue reading >>
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09 Dezember 2017
Finally a Horizon
Of secular problems, millennial rhetorics and other time-bound and perennial issues of constitutionalism. Continue reading >>02 Dezember 2017
Facing the Music
On blogs like this as "new media", sticking your neck out and other matters more or less constitutional. Continue reading >>
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25 November 2017
Careful what you Wish for
On minority government and other causes for constitutional redemption fantasies. Continue reading >>18 November 2017
Waiting for Jamaica
On coalition building, feedback loops and other functional and dysfunctional matters constitutional. Continue reading >>28 Oktober 2017
What I would like to ask the AfD
How to discern democratic and undemocratic parties and other tough questions constitutional. Continue reading >>
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21 Oktober 2017
Schoolyard Bullies
On rights and rightists and other matters of constitutional concern. Continue reading >>
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14 Oktober 2017
Constitutional Courts in Decline
On losing confidence, gaining independence and other constitutional ups and downs. Continue reading >>07 Oktober 2017
Independence as an Assertion
On Catalonia and… No. It's basically all about Catalonia. Continue reading >>30 September 2017
Where is the Pulse of Europe when it’s needed?
On rebuilding Europe and the resounding silence of the German election results in this and other matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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23 September 2017
The Party of the Extreme Normal
On normalitarians in the Bundestag and a number of other more or less worrisome matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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16 September 2017
Macron or Juncker
On polarity, voting and whirling about in Angela Merkel's kettle of pragmatism. Continue reading >>09 September 2017
Walking out on us
On Hungary, Catalonia and other domestic or international matters of discontent Continue reading >>29 Juli 2017
Beyond Dublin
On balls, fields, books and Möbius strips of constitutional and non-constitutional nature. Continue reading >>
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22 Juli 2017
Not to play along
On Poland, Spain and others crises constitutional, and how to deal with them. Continue reading >>15 Juli 2017
Polish Courts are Our Courts
On Erdogan, Böhmermann, Kaczynski and other ticklish constitutional business. Continue reading >>08 Juli 2017
The Non-Arsonist’s Guide to Constitutionalism
On headscarves, marriage vows, burning Mazdas and other combustible matters constitutional. Continue reading >>01 Juli 2017
Merkel’s Conscience
On conscientious objection as a method of constitutional interpretation and other ways to have the cake and eat it. Continue reading >>24 Juni 2017
A Great Laugh
On pomp and circumstance and other edifying matters constitutional. Continue reading >>17 Juni 2017
What Constitutions Endure
On stress tests, emolument and other matters of high constitutional training effect. Continue reading >>10 Juni 2017
Pushing Borders
On emergencies, Faustian pacts and other diabolical or divine matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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03 Juni 2017
The Hand on the Faucet
On drying out the bad guys and other liquid or solid matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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27 Mai 2017
Red Card for the Red Card
On referees, judges and other partial and impartial matters constitutional Continue reading >>
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20 Mai 2017
To Make a Commitment
On same-sex marriage, legislative dawdling and other matters of constitutional joy and dismay. Continue reading >>13 Mai 2017
Because they say so!
On courts, dogmatists and other matters of constitutional contestation. Continue reading >>
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07 Mai 2017
My President, too
On presidents, populists, courts and other constitutional causes for joy and celebration. Continue reading >>29 April 2017
Europe is not a Story
On Orbán, on Europe and on other fictional and factual matters constitutional. Continue reading >>22 April 2017
The Feedback Loop of Power
On Germans being German, ending the disgrace of child marriage and other scandalous matters constitutional. Continue reading >>08 April 2017
Dreaming of the User Republic
On hate speech, civic duplicity and other dubious matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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01 April 2017
The Outside Within
On Hungary's Soros obsession, diaspora voting rights and other reflexive matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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25 März 2017
Charging Bullies
On bullies, brown bears and other furry and fuzzy matters constitutional. Continue reading >>18 März 2017
Majority is a Legal Concept
On Dutch populist unpopularity, on the absurdities of autocracy and on other matters constitutional. Continue reading >>04 März 2017
Geert-Victor LePynski, coming to your town too
On EU member states' brazenness and subservience, on the constitutional plans of Le Pen and Wilders and why they matter for all European citizens. Continue reading >>
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25 Februar 2017
Constitutional Courts – imagine them gone
On frightened German judges, distressed Polish judges and other newsworthy matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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18 Februar 2017
… yet there is method in’t
On Trump's state of mind, on Poland's latest twist in the Constitutional Tribunal drama, and on other crazy matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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11 Februar 2017
Destitution or Constitution
On Trump and the Courts, on the importance of constitutional review and on other constitutional issues arising on the way into or out of authoritarianism. Continue reading >>
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04 Februar 2017
Trump, Taricco, Turks and Tusk
Once again, constitutional orders all over the world are tested to the limit of their endurance… Continue reading >>
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28 Januar 2017
Shaking off Constitutional Constraints
Is the seminal Miller decision by the UK Supreme Court good news for British constitutionalism or bad? What does the equally momentous Yukos decision by the Russian Constitutional Court teach us about the state of constitionalism in Russia? And what will become of the rule of law and the balance of powers in Turkey when President Erdogan gets his way with the Turkish constitution? Continue reading >>
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21 Januar 2017
Scarves, Slaves and the Nearly Headless NPD
On an incompletely decapitated Neonazi party and other topical matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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14 Januar 2017
Strangers, Adversaries, Enemies
On party bans, on constitutional courts as tools and objects of political pressure, and on the various ways Muslim dress codes for girls and women further the evolution of constitutional law in Europe. Continue reading >>
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07 Januar 2017
Us and Them
On racial profiling, on what is part of Europe and what is not, and on apes in cages. Continue reading >>22 Dezember 2016
Cleaning up after 2016
The end of this year of 2016 draws close, and relief about that fact, ill-founded as it may be, is palpable wherever I go. It has been a rough ride for constitutionalists, and we all deserve some days of rest and peace, if we can afford it. Therefore, I will spare you with seasonal reviews and reflections on these almost consistently dreadful twelve months past and highlight only one fact hopefully suitable to lift your spirits a bit: Since Brexit, support for European integration has jumped by 5 percent throughout the EU and by 7 percent in the UK. Continue reading >>
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10 Dezember 2016
Freedom of Assembly in Poland: Next in Line?
Public protest seems to be the best hope civil society now has in Poland against its increasingly authoritarian government. It would be only consequent that the the next obstacle to their power for the Law and Justice party to dismantle would be the right to freedom of assembly. Continue reading >>03 Dezember 2016
Christmas Showdown in Poland
Something decidedly un-christmasy is going on right now in Poland. On Thursday, I have talked to a person close to the ongoing conflict about the Polish Constitutional Tribunal on the phone, and here is what I have learnt: Continue reading >>
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26 November 2016
On Dreams and Nightmares
As the "Eurocrat's Dream" has ended, what have we woken up to? Since the very noteworthy collection of essays under title "The End of the Eurocrat's Dream", edited by CHRISTIAN JOERGES, DAMIEN CHALMERS and MARCUS JACHTENFUCHS, has appeared this spring, the waking-life reality in Europe and beyond has taken on a decidedly nightmarish character. Continue reading >>
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19 November 2016
The Lure of the New Normal
No-one can remain in a constant state of exception, that would be a contradiction in terms. Any emergency that goes on for too long becomes somewhat normal over time. If things refuse to get less terrifying, all we can do is raise our level of terrification, isn't it? Donald Trump will let a White Supremacists' media darling shape his political strategies – but hey: he deserves a chance, right? Austria is weeks away from falling into the hands of the far-right populists, with other European countries lining up behind it – but please, let's not overreact, maybe we are all just out of touch with what ordinary people think and feel? Continue reading >>
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12 November 2016
Week #1 after Trump
I will not bore you with yet another account of how stunned I still am and how I shake in my booths now and so forth. We all do, I suppose. The world has changed over night, quite literally. And the world we woke up in on Wednesday morning appears to be a far less habitable place for liberal constitutionalists who believe that state and society should respect human dignity, protect the vulnerable, overcome discrimination and impose on their own power those legal restraints that empower them in the first place. How could this happen? What did we do wrong? What can we do now? Shall we stand our ground or adapt? Continue reading >>
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05 November 2016
CETA, Trump and „Enemies of the People“
What a week… On Thursday, the High Court of Justice […] Continue reading >>
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