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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/24fde90d3ef67481 https://verfassungsblog.de/le-pen-ban/ When Lady Justice Lifts Her Blindfold, Briefly - France’s Appeal Court, Marine Le Pen, and the Line Between Law and Politics Schmitt-Leonardy, Charlotte eng 2026-07-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 France Le Pen Le Pen Marine | 1968– | Rechtsanwältin; Politikerin Marine Le Pen Presidential Elections Rule of Law elections separation of powers Le Pen Marine | 1968– | Rechtsanwältin; Politikerin Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Justice, one could say, did not take off her blindfold on July 7th – but she did lift it, just a fraction, long enough to check in with political reality. Paris’s court of appeal upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misappropriating public funds, yet softened the 2025 ban on her running for office just enough to keep a presidential bid in 2027 on the table. The guilty verdict stands – it is the sentence that now intrudes less directly into the democratic arena.