This essay discusses at some length the theory of Section 3 the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics and I developed for the hearing in which Couy Griffin, a New Mexico County
Commissioner and gleeful participant in the events of 1/6, was disqualified from holding present and future office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. [...]
In a significant escalation of his war in Ukraine, Russia’s President Putin announced a partial mobilisation on the 21st of September. Attempting to avoid the draft, thousands
of Russian men are reported to be fleeing the country. Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser responded by saying that “[a]s a rule, deserters threatened [...]
It is a relatively uncontroversial opinion that the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has undermined the rule of law and its constitutional institutions. The naïve voices
that suggested that his authoritarian practices could be restrained once he acceded to power were already proven wrong during the first months of his four-year term. [...]
Es war nicht das erste Mal, dass der Bundeswirtschaftsminister verkündete, die deutschen Tochtergesellschaften eines russischen Energieriesen unter Treuhandverwaltung der
Bundesnetzagentur (BNA) zu stellen. Bereits im April und Juni dieses Jahres übernahm das BNA das Steuer bei der Gazprom Germania GmbH, um so eine Befüllung des [...]
The Brazilian Supreme Court is currently a polarizing institution. Multiple institutional features empower it to control the constitutionality of federal, state, and municipal
norms both in the course of concrete and abstract review cases. It is also characterized by the endorsement by its justices of a disparage mixture of constitutional [...]
Lex iniusta non est lex – an unjust law is not a law. This centuries-old legal maxim lies at the heart of Balázs Majtényi’s recent Verfassungsblog entry. Majtényi resurrects
Gustav Radbruch’s famous formula, according to which ‘where there is not even an attempt at justice, where equality, the core of justice, is deliberately betrayed [...]
The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is often raised as a concern following controversial or unpopular decisions. Dobbs is the latest example, with sitting Justices murmuring
about the issue and commentators saying the quiet part out loud. To my mind, this chatter is just hyperbole. [...]
Sanford Levinson This post was prepared for a roundtable onComparative Constitutional Design, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022. First, as always, I want to convey my
deepest thanks to the organizers of this splendid (at least from my perspective) project, Richard Albert and Ashley Moran—and to the indispensable Trish Do, who [...]
Professur „Soziales Recht als Gegenstand sozialer Arbeit“, Hochschule RheinMain, Wiesbaden und Rüsselsheim, Frist: 7.10.2022. Eine Stelle als Staff Attorney, German Law
(100 %), International Refugee Assistance Projekt, Berlin. [...]
Domestic and regional human rights courts around the world are under pressure. Populist, illiberal, nationalistic and autocratic attitudes and practices have led to attacks
on constitutional democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law across the globe. [...]
