Karl Kössler
@karlkoessler.bsky.social
Constitutional Law & Politics | Senior Researcher: @EuracFederalism | Author: http://bit.ly/2WsXd4Y | Expert Group Member: @COECongress
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🧑🎓Am 22.September geht's los!
Unsere #Jubiläums-Ringvorlesung in diesem Herbst beginnt mit @karlkoessler.bsky.social und einem Vortrag + Diskussion über #Föderalismus als Staatsmodell im #internationalen Vergleich!
Dabei sein!
Näheres auf👉 foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
Unsere #Jubiläums-Ringvorlesung in diesem Herbst beginnt mit @karlkoessler.bsky.social und einem Vortrag + Diskussion über #Föderalismus als Staatsmodell im #internationalen Vergleich!
Dabei sein!
Näheres auf👉 foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
Was wartet im🍂auf euch? Viel #föderales😁 Die #Ringvorlesung unseres #Jubiläums startet durch!
Am besten die Termine jetzt auf euren📅notieren und gleich im September die 1.Ringvorlesung besuchen.
Mehr auf: foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
Am besten die Termine jetzt auf euren📅notieren und gleich im September die 1.Ringvorlesung besuchen.
Mehr auf: foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🧑🎓Am 22.September geht's los!
Unsere #Jubiläums-Ringvorlesung in diesem Herbst beginnt mit @karlkoessler.bsky.social und einem Vortrag + Diskussion über #Föderalismus als Staatsmodell im #internationalen Vergleich!
Dabei sein!
Näheres auf👉 foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
Unsere #Jubiläums-Ringvorlesung in diesem Herbst beginnt mit @karlkoessler.bsky.social und einem Vortrag + Diskussion über #Föderalismus als Staatsmodell im #internationalen Vergleich!
Dabei sein!
Näheres auf👉 foederalismus.at/de/jubilaeum/
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cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social for ny daily news:
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social for ny daily news:
tinyurl.com/5b8xprn2 on Trump's "conflicting signals designed to keep him in control of the narrative. He keeps his billionaire backers happy while providing enough headlines to suggest the impression of fairness. It is gameshow politics – with Trump appearing both as host and winning contestant."
tinyurl.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
tinyurl.com/5b8xprn2 on Trump's "conflicting signals designed to keep him in control of the narrative. He keeps his billionaire backers happy while providing enough headlines to suggest the impression of fairness. It is gameshow politics – with Trump appearing both as host and winning contestant."
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Your now regular reminder that threatening the sovereignty of a NATO ally, while 🇷🇺 is illegally occupying 20% of 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇳 is eyeing 🇹🇼 & illegally seizing territory in the S. China Sea, is not only shameful & obscene, it is also a massive national security risk that should immediately end a presidency.
WELKER: Does the US still want to make Canada the 51st state?
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
MARCO RUBIO: I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state
April 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Your now regular reminder that threatening the sovereignty of a NATO ally, while 🇷🇺 is illegally occupying 20% of 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇳 is eyeing 🇹🇼 & illegally seizing territory in the S. China Sea, is not only shameful & obscene, it is also a massive national security risk that should immediately end a presidency.
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Shout out to all the finance bros who didn’t give a shit about democracy, human rights, racism, homophobia, misogyny, the future of the planet or basic human decency and voted for the conman they thought was gonna be good for the economy. You guys are geniuses.
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Shout out to all the finance bros who didn’t give a shit about democracy, human rights, racism, homophobia, misogyny, the future of the planet or basic human decency and voted for the conman they thought was gonna be good for the economy. You guys are geniuses.
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That's directly contrary to Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara's sworn April 15 declaration.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with any crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13.
“His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”
“His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”
Senator Chris Van Hollen is speaking live from El Salvador, where he just met with the Salvadoran VP: www.youtube.com/live/pYZPzHy...
April 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
That's directly contrary to Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara's sworn April 15 declaration.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ella Baron on Adolescence and the dangers social media pose to teenage boys – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ella Baron on Adolescence and the dangers social media pose to teenage boys – cartoon
Keir Starmer and Gareth Southgate have both recently warned about internet safety
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ella Baron on Adolescence and the dangers social media pose to teenage boys – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Well, looks like we’re pretty much here. And a little faster than I thought, though they’ve clearly been preparing for this sort of showdown from day one. juliansanchez.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
Waiting for the Rubicon
How long before Trump declares "now let them enforce it"?
juliansanchez.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well, looks like we’re pretty much here. And a little faster than I thought, though they’ve clearly been preparing for this sort of showdown from day one. juliansanchez.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
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It seems like Roberts was trying to avert a Rubicon moment by delivering the only legally possible conclusion in the Abrego Garcia case in a sort of soft-pedaled way that allowed Trump to save face & claim a partial win while “graciously” complying. That has obviously backfired.
April 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It seems like Roberts was trying to avert a Rubicon moment by delivering the only legally possible conclusion in the Abrego Garcia case in a sort of soft-pedaled way that allowed Trump to save face & claim a partial win while “graciously” complying. That has obviously backfired.
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
Sotomayor: "The implications of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal."
The Supreme Court on Monday night ruled that noncitizens whom the administration has designated as members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang under the Alien Enemies Act must challenge their detention and removal in Texas, rather than Washington, D.C.
Supreme Court requires noncitizens to challenge detention and removal in Texas - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a pair of orders by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that had barred the government from removing noncitizens who are designated as members of a Venezuelan gang ...
www.scotusblog.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Sotomayor: "The implications of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal."
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And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
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Federalism = self-rule + shared rule *or not*? 🤔
Publius editors @philiprocco.bsky.social & Paul Nolette have allowed Thomas Hueglin & me to comment on @jos38.bsky.social & Alan Fenna's thought provoking 2024 piece ✍️
Publius editors @philiprocco.bsky.social & Paul Nolette have allowed Thomas Hueglin & me to comment on @jos38.bsky.social & Alan Fenna's thought provoking 2024 piece ✍️
A Reply to Fenna and Schnabel’s (2024) “What is Federalism?”
Alan Fenna and Johanna Schnabel (2024; henceforth F&S) want to clarify what federal scholars mean when they study their object. They identify “two main
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Federalism = self-rule + shared rule *or not*? 🤔
Publius editors @philiprocco.bsky.social & Paul Nolette have allowed Thomas Hueglin & me to comment on @jos38.bsky.social & Alan Fenna's thought provoking 2024 piece ✍️
Publius editors @philiprocco.bsky.social & Paul Nolette have allowed Thomas Hueglin & me to comment on @jos38.bsky.social & Alan Fenna's thought provoking 2024 piece ✍️
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⏰ Reminder: we are looking for an associate editor for communication
Deadline 31 March!
Deadline 31 March!
🔥We are looking for an Associate Editor for Communication!🔥
This role offers an excellent opportunity for an early or mid-career scholar to gain editorial experience, expand their professional network, and contribute to the journal’s ongoing success.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
This role offers an excellent opportunity for an early or mid-career scholar to gain editorial experience, expand their professional network, and contribute to the journal’s ongoing success.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editor for Communications – Appointment in May 2025
think.taylorandfrancis.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
⏰ Reminder: we are looking for an associate editor for communication
Deadline 31 March!
Deadline 31 March!
"trade wars with Canada and Europe, and the threat of actual wars and annexations ... the US will have to fight wars to get the things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking."
"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain."
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"trade wars with Canada and Europe, and the threat of actual wars and annexations ... the US will have to fight wars to get the things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking."
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Surprise, surprise, there's mounting evidence that our IQs are falling. "The behaviors that have taken off in recent years affect everything from our ability to process verbal information, attention, working memory and self-regulation." My colleague @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a801...
Have humans passed peak brain power?
Data across countries and ages reveal a growing struggle to concentrate, and declining verbal and numerical reasoning
www.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Surprise, surprise, there's mounting evidence that our IQs are falling. "The behaviors that have taken off in recent years affect everything from our ability to process verbal information, attention, working memory and self-regulation." My colleague @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a801...
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New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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"That's one of the big myths of modern libertarianism: the notion that coercion can only come from the government, while the market is a zone of perfect competition. To see why that's untrue, consider… Amazon." unherd.com/newsroom/jef...
Jeff Bezos rebrands Washington Post as billionaire's think tank
One of the world’s richest men wants his newspaper to push policies that favour the rich. That’s the upshot of Jeff Bezos’s announcement today of a new regime at the Washington Post. Henceforth, the A...
unherd.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"That's one of the big myths of modern libertarianism: the notion that coercion can only come from the government, while the market is a zone of perfect competition. To see why that's untrue, consider… Amazon." unherd.com/newsroom/jef...
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Check out this map of where ICON·S has held its Annual Conference over the past decade. How many have you attended? This year, we’re excited to meet in Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷 & look forward to bringing the conference to even more places!
🗓️The deadline for submissions for this year’s conference is Jan 31
🗓️The deadline for submissions for this year’s conference is Jan 31
January 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Check out this map of where ICON·S has held its Annual Conference over the past decade. How many have you attended? This year, we’re excited to meet in Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷 & look forward to bringing the conference to even more places!
🗓️The deadline for submissions for this year’s conference is Jan 31
🗓️The deadline for submissions for this year’s conference is Jan 31
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The ECPR Standing Group on Federalism & Regionalism is now on Bluesky!
We already have an announcement. You can submit paper & panel proposals for the the next ECPR conference by 6 January 2025.
The SG is endorsing Section 15. More info 👇
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
We already have an announcement. You can submit paper & panel proposals for the the next ECPR conference by 6 January 2025.
The SG is endorsing Section 15. More info 👇
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Comparative Territorial Politics: Voters, Political Actors and Policies in Multilevel States
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
The ECPR Standing Group on Federalism & Regionalism is now on Bluesky!
We already have an announcement. You can submit paper & panel proposals for the the next ECPR conference by 6 January 2025.
The SG is endorsing Section 15. More info 👇
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
We already have an announcement. You can submit paper & panel proposals for the the next ECPR conference by 6 January 2025.
The SG is endorsing Section 15. More info 👇
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...