Anja Bossow
@anjabossow.bsky.social
Karsh Fellow@ UVALaw and JSD Candidate @NYULaw. Formerly LSE & Oxford Law. Thinking too hard about citizenship, human rights and (international) legal theory.
I listened to and wrote about the US Supreme Court’s oral argument on the birthright citizenship case yesterday.
It was a wild ride.
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It was a wild ride.
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Yesterday, SCOTUS heard argument in the 'birthright citizenship' case.
Instead of ruling on the policy's constitutionality, the Court must decide on the permissibility of nation-wide injunctions.
ANJA BOSSOW on their role in a moment of constitutional decline.
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Instead of ruling on the policy's constitutionality, the Court must decide on the permissibility of nation-wide injunctions.
ANJA BOSSOW on their role in a moment of constitutional decline.
verfassungsblog.de/whom-is-citi...
May 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I listened to and wrote about the US Supreme Court’s oral argument on the birthright citizenship case yesterday.
It was a wild ride.
👇👇👇
It was a wild ride.
👇👇👇
Reposted by Anja Bossow
Sotomayor brings up that thousands of children may be rendered stateless should the birthright citizenship Executive Order go into effect. You can read my recently posted draft on how children are at risk of statelessness by the EO and other Trump policies here:
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Birthright Citizenship, Denaturalization, and the Specter of Statelessness
<p><i>Birthright citizenship is a right that has been enjoyed by nearly every person born on American soil for over 150 years. For those that dream and hope for
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May 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Sotomayor brings up that thousands of children may be rendered stateless should the birthright citizenship Executive Order go into effect. You can read my recently posted draft on how children are at risk of statelessness by the EO and other Trump policies here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Instead of finishing my damn dissertation, I wrote about the CJEU's decision to outlaw Malta's citizenship for investment scheme.
TLDR: The Court's conception of citizenship is more defensible than the legal reasoning it provided to reach what is an ethically desirable result.
TLDR: The Court's conception of citizenship is more defensible than the legal reasoning it provided to reach what is an ethically desirable result.
In striking down Malta’s citizenship for investment scheme, the CJEU cast EU citizenship as a “relationship of solidarity and good faith.”
ANJA BOSSOW maps the perils and potential promise of the Court’s embrace of such a thick-ish conception of citizenship.
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ANJA BOSSOW maps the perils and potential promise of the Court’s embrace of such a thick-ish conception of citizenship.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Instead of finishing my damn dissertation, I wrote about the CJEU's decision to outlaw Malta's citizenship for investment scheme.
TLDR: The Court's conception of citizenship is more defensible than the legal reasoning it provided to reach what is an ethically desirable result.
TLDR: The Court's conception of citizenship is more defensible than the legal reasoning it provided to reach what is an ethically desirable result.
Reposted by Anja Bossow
AG Ćapeta recently opined that the Danish ‘Ghetto Law’ violates the Race and Ethnic Equality Directive.
SILVIA STEININGER (@silviasteininger.bsky.social) on how the AG mobilized EU law to challenge the legalized othering that occurs within migration law.
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SILVIA STEININGER (@silviasteininger.bsky.social) on how the AG mobilized EU law to challenge the legalized othering that occurs within migration law.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
AG Ćapeta recently opined that the Danish ‘Ghetto Law’ violates the Race and Ethnic Equality Directive.
SILVIA STEININGER (@silviasteininger.bsky.social) on how the AG mobilized EU law to challenge the legalized othering that occurs within migration law.
verfassungsblog.de/they-not-lik...
SILVIA STEININGER (@silviasteininger.bsky.social) on how the AG mobilized EU law to challenge the legalized othering that occurs within migration law.
verfassungsblog.de/they-not-lik...
Deporting your own citizens is plainly illegal.
But it is a logical step for a government that views its own citizens as enemies and is thus willing to trade their security and life for its own populist ends.
But it is a logical step for a government that views its own citizens as enemies and is thus willing to trade their security and life for its own populist ends.
The Knesset recently empowered the Minister of the Interior to deport citizens who are family members of terrorists to Gaza.
ANJA BOSSOW (@anjabossow.bsky.social) & STAV ZEITOUNI (@stzeitouni.bsky.social) on why the law's plain illegality may be its point.
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ANJA BOSSOW (@anjabossow.bsky.social) & STAV ZEITOUNI (@stzeitouni.bsky.social) on why the law's plain illegality may be its point.
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November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Deporting your own citizens is plainly illegal.
But it is a logical step for a government that views its own citizens as enemies and is thus willing to trade their security and life for its own populist ends.
But it is a logical step for a government that views its own citizens as enemies and is thus willing to trade their security and life for its own populist ends.
I’m so excited to have (finally) brought this Symposium to fruition! Stay tuned this week for a series of incisive and inspiring essays from leading scholars working on this question!
2023 saw an acceleration in restrictionist and human rights denying approaches to border control.
Our new Symposium "Rethinking the Law and Politics of Migration" explores how to resist this trend.
@anjabossow.bsky.social on the urgency of this inquiry:
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Our new Symposium "Rethinking the Law and Politics of Migration" explores how to resist this trend.
@anjabossow.bsky.social on the urgency of this inquiry:
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February 26, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I’m so excited to have (finally) brought this Symposium to fruition! Stay tuned this week for a series of incisive and inspiring essays from leading scholars working on this question!
Reposted by Anja Bossow
Es war wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit, dass die Instrumentalisierung von Asylsuchenden auch an der russischen Grenze auftaucht. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 25, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Es war wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit, dass die Instrumentalisierung von Asylsuchenden auch an der russischen Grenze auftaucht. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
@verfassungsblog.de graciously let me offer some thoughts in this week’s Editorial on what the UK’s obsession with the Rwanda policy, Trump’s inhumane immigration agenda and Scholz’s desire to ‘deport in grand style’ might all have in common.
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When Law Fails Us
The new toughness of migration policy and the loss of the belief that what the law permits and forbids, ultimately still remains significant.
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November 25, 2023 at 3:21 PM
@verfassungsblog.de graciously let me offer some thoughts in this week’s Editorial on what the UK’s obsession with the Rwanda policy, Trump’s inhumane immigration agenda and Scholz’s desire to ‘deport in grand style’ might all have in common.
verfassungsblog.de/when-law-fai...
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📖 @verfassungsblog.de sucht Mitstreiter:innen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte, um aktuelle Ereignisse und Entwicklungen journalistisch einzuordnen. Bewirb Dich jetzt als Senior Editor (m/w/d) für Deutsches/Europäisches Verfassungsrecht in Berlin 🤝
Senior Editor (m/w/d) - Dt./Europ. Verfassungsrecht – politjobs
Der Verfassungsblog sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n Senior Editor (m/w/d) für dt./europ. Verfassungsrecht in Berlin.
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November 23, 2023 at 2:26 PM
📖 @verfassungsblog.de sucht Mitstreiter:innen für Demokratie und Menschenrechte, um aktuelle Ereignisse und Entwicklungen journalistisch einzuordnen. Bewirb Dich jetzt als Senior Editor (m/w/d) für Deutsches/Europäisches Verfassungsrecht in Berlin 🤝
Two heavyweights in refugee and migration law are weighing in on the Rwanda judgment’s significance. A longread not to be missed 👇🏻👇🏻
The Rwanda Judgment is a model of judicial economy and clarity argue CATHRYN COSTELLO and CATHERINE BRIDDICK.
A longread on the policy’s place in the UK's externalisation game and what the unfolding political backlash might mean for (international) legality.
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A longread on the policy’s place in the UK's externalisation game and what the unfolding political backlash might mean for (international) legality.
verfassungsblog.de/supreme-judg...
Supreme Judgecraft: Non-Refoulement and the end of the UK-Rwanda ‘deal’?
In R (on the application of AAA (Syria) and others) the UK Supreme Court held that the Secretary of State’s policy to remove protection seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. Rwanda is not, at present, a s...
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November 20, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Two heavyweights in refugee and migration law are weighing in on the Rwanda judgment’s significance. A longread not to be missed 👇🏻👇🏻
Reposted by Anja Bossow
Thank you for 5000 followers! 🚀🚀🚀
Our loyal followers know how we celebrate such milestones.
Yes, that's right: with a new picture of our Verfassungsdog - always hungry, and always holding on to the constitution! 🐶⚖️
Our loyal followers know how we celebrate such milestones.
Yes, that's right: with a new picture of our Verfassungsdog - always hungry, and always holding on to the constitution! 🐶⚖️
November 19, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Thank you for 5000 followers! 🚀🚀🚀
Our loyal followers know how we celebrate such milestones.
Yes, that's right: with a new picture of our Verfassungsdog - always hungry, and always holding on to the constitution! 🐶⚖️
Our loyal followers know how we celebrate such milestones.
Yes, that's right: with a new picture of our Verfassungsdog - always hungry, and always holding on to the constitution! 🐶⚖️
Important Sunday read on how the UKSC judgment raises the stakes in the Conservative Party’s family feud 👇🏻👇🏻
The UK government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful but the Supreme Court’s ruling might just be a cliffhanger in the Conservative party’s 8 year long psychodrama.
DAVID OWEN on how the ruling raises the stakes in an already heated political context.
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DAVID OWEN on how the ruling raises the stakes in an already heated political context.
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Magical Thinking and Obsessive Desires: Conservative Politics, Human Rights, and the Rwanda Judgment
Two days before the UK Supreme Court declared the government’s Rwanda policy unlawful, PM Rishi Sunak rid himself of his Home Secretary, Suella Braverman. The sacking, the ruling, and the aftermath ...
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November 19, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Important Sunday read on how the UKSC judgment raises the stakes in the Conservative Party’s family feud 👇🏻👇🏻
We have to celebrate the legal wins - even if they’re few and far between these days
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On Wednesday, the UKSC declared Sunak's policy of removing some asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their claims unlawful.
JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
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JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
verfassungsblog.de/defeat-in-th...
Defeat in the Supreme Court: Where Next for UK Asylum Policy?
On 15 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) unanimously declared the government’s policy of removing some asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their claims unlawful. Like the Court of Appeal, ...
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November 17, 2023 at 7:40 PM
We have to celebrate the legal wins - even if they’re few and far between these days
👇🏻👇🏻
👇🏻👇🏻
Reposted by Anja Bossow
On Wednesday, the UKSC declared Sunak's policy of removing some asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their claims unlawful.
JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
verfassungsblog.de/defeat-in-th...
JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
verfassungsblog.de/defeat-in-th...
Defeat in the Supreme Court: Where Next for UK Asylum Policy?
On 15 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) unanimously declared the government’s policy of removing some asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their claims unlawful. Like the Court of Appeal, ...
verfassungsblog.de
November 17, 2023 at 6:09 PM
On Wednesday, the UKSC declared Sunak's policy of removing some asylum seekers to Rwanda to process their claims unlawful.
JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
verfassungsblog.de/defeat-in-th...
JOELLE GROGAN and ALICE DONALD on the judgment's significance and feasibility of Sunak’s Plan B.
verfassungsblog.de/defeat-in-th...