Rechtsreferendar*innen müssen die freiheitliche Verfassung achten, das steht außer Frage. Doch die Verwaltungsgerichte legen an die Verfassungstreue von Referendar*innen

unterschiedliche Maßstäbe an. So entschied jüngst das OVG Sachsen, dass ein rechter Aktivist – trotz seiner rechtsextremen Vergangenheit – den juristischen [...]

For the Balkinization symposium on Judith Resnik, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2025).Judith Resnik To

invite commentary by other scholars is to invite them to bring their work into discussion with your own. [...]

Evidence shows that an increasing number of Americans from all walks of life and from various economic sectors and political identities disapprove of — and are refusing to

accept — mounting abuses of power and anti-democratic actions by the Trump administration. [...]

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Auch in dem Koalitionsvertrag der aktuellen Bundesregierung findet sich die Forderung nach „Praxis-Checks“ in der Gesetzesvorbereitung wieder. Jedes Bundesministerium würde

pro Jahr „mehrere Praxischecks“ bei bestehenden Gesetzen durchführen, um Potentiale für einen Abbau von Bürokratie zu identifizieren (S. [...]

Emotion-inferring via AI can escape protection granted under the right against self-incrimination. This post proposes the recognition of ‘inferred emotions’ as a new category

of protected communications, with a view to effectively banning or otherwise regulating such AI-uses. [...]

Today’s forms of administrative procedures supported by automated decision-making (ADM) rely on the automated collection and processing of large amounts of information. AI

systems used within these processes are designed to scan databases and link different data points to create the required information for decision-making. [...]

Thanks to Geoff for laying out his vision for why economic security should be in trade agreements and how to bring it in. It won't surprise anyone to hear I have some additional

comments and questions in response! I have grouped them into two categories: (1) What is economic security? And security against what or whom? And (2) does economic [...]