For the Balkinization Symposium on Richard Primus, The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power (Harvard University Press, 2025). Jonathan Gienapp When
we interpret the U.S. Constitution, we often rely on deep-seated intuitions. We take certain things for granted and see things through a particular lens. [...]
“Save the rule of Law in Spain”, read a banner held by a number of unidentified judges who were demonstrating before the premises of the Spanish Supreme Court, a couple
of days ago in Madrid. But save it – from whom? The demonstrators would no doubt reply: from Pedro Sánchez and his government, which has undertaken the first serious [...]
Last week, I had the honour of being awarded an honorary doctorate in law by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster. I was absolutely delighted – not only, but
also, because it’s actually the first academic degree I’ve ever received. I belong to a generation of law students who completed their studies with a Staatsexamen [...]
Letzte Woche wurde mir die Ehre zuteil, von der juristischen Fakultät der Universität Münster zum Doktor der Rechte ehrenhalber promoviert zu werden. Ich habe mich wahnsinnig
gefreut darüber, nicht nur, aber auch, weil dies tatsächlich der erste akademische Grad ist, den ich je erworben habe. [...]
Caster Semenya was wronged, and Switzerland – due to the inaction of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (SFSC) – was held responsible by the Grand Chamber (GC) of the ECtHR.
This conclusion to a long judicial marathon is an important vindication for an athlete who saw her career destroyed by a process that violated her right to a fair [...]
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the 1st Amendment Free Exercise Clause to grant conservative religious parents a constitutional right to remove their
children from any classroom where a teacher includes LGBTQAI+ people in the curriculum. [...]
Der erste Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts hat in seinem Beschluss vom 25. Juni 2025 entschieden, dass die Pflicht zur Abgabe einer Anschlusszusage bei promovierten wissenschaftlichen
Mitarbeitern und Mitarbeiterinnen gegen Art. 5 Abs. 3 S. 1 GG verstößt, weil das Land keine Gesetzgebungskompetenz für das Arbeitsrecht habe. [...]
Over the past decade, there has been an increasingly intense debate on veterinary costs and animal welfare in both Europe and North America. Most EU Member States do not regulate
Veterinary costs. However, there are EU regulations that affect the cost structure of veterinary medicines and services, particularly through the European Medicines [...]
von NIKOLAS EISENTRAUT Das BVerfG erklärt die Regelung des Berliner Hochschulgesetzes, die die verpflichtende Entfristung von Postdoktorand:innen vorsah, für formell verfassungswidrig.
Die von der HU Berlin bemühte Verfassungsbeschwerde war erfolgreich. Das landespolitische Projekt einer Transformation wissenschaftlicher Qualifikationsstellen hin [...]
Par une décision du 30 juin 2025, le Conseil d’État a tranché et rejeté le recours en excès de pouvoir dirigé contre le décret n° 2024-780 du 9 juillet 2024 relatif
aux procédures de suspension du repos hebdomadaire en agriculture, lequel concerne certaines récoltes réalisées manuellement, notamment dans des exploitations [...]
