05 December 2024
When Democracy Prevails
On December 3 at 10:25 pm, the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, which lasted for 6 hours until it was lifted following the unanimous vote of the South Korean Parliament to immediately end its imposition. This blog analyzes the legal aspects of the President’s failed attempt to maintain a martial law regime and further reflects on the significance of this event for the evolution of democracy in South Korea. Continue reading >>
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03 March 2021
Harsh immigration policy leads to a historic impeachment trial in Denmark
In early February 2021, the Danish Parliament took the extraordinary step of initiating an impeachment trial against Inger Støjberg, Minister of Immigration between 2015 and 2019. In 2016, the Minister issued a directive about the separation of asylum-seeking couples, where one partner is under 18, without exception, and the administration carried it into effect. This directive was later declared clearly illegal according to both Danish administrative law and the European Convention on Human Rights. Continue reading >>30 January 2021
A Bolsonarist Cat Among the Pigeons
While the election of Kassio Nunes Marques in September 2020 was initially met with relief by some as he had no known links to the government, the new justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) has since demonstrated his fidelity to the president that elected him. This could play a significant role in the future of Brazil given his likely being the deciding vote in an upcoming case on the existing conviction of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading >>29 January 2021
Was man sieht und was nicht
Über Putins Palast, private Verträge und andere Dinge, die man nicht jeden Tag sieht Continue reading >>18 January 2021
Re-impeachment
Public law accountability is the hallmark of any constitutional government worthy of the name precisely because it would be less arbitrary. But private law accountability is better than nothing. Given that we don’t know how the impeachment trial will turn out, and given that Trump’s fellow Republicans do not yet seem ready to cut themselves lose from him, private retribution may be all we have. Continue reading >>15 January 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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15 January 2021
Drücken Sie hier, um das System zurückzusetzen
Warum die Amtsenthebung von Trump auch ohne Amt geboten ist Continue reading >>08 January 2021
The Mob
On the Trump coup, the constitution and the unity of the nation Continue reading >>
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07 January 2021
Insurrection
President Trump is dangerous. He must be removed from office. Immediately. There are three ways to do this. Continue reading >>06 January 2021
The Brazilian Constitution Hanging by a Thread
In a December judgement, the Brazilian Supreme Court finally prohibited the re-election of the president of the House of Representatives, which had been practice for decades despite being in direct violation of the Brazilian constitution. In 2020, there has been unequivocal interest in the position of president of the House of Representatives as it holds the constitutional power to initiate an impeachment process, threatening president Bolsonaro. Although the Court ultimately declared the re-election unconstitutional, five dissenting votes of this judgment demonstrate the power of abusive judicial review. Continue reading >>
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