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Eine Stellenanzeige mit rotem Rauch als Illustration
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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How can the European Court of Human Rights respond to the erosion of democracy and the rule of law?

SÍOFRA O’LEARY and YONKO GROZEV show which main procedural tools and paths the Court can use to respond to one of the greatest challenges it faces.

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Quote: “Over the years the Court has developed and now has at its disposal tools which allow it to engage effectively and efficiently with democratic and rule of law decline.”
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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America’s collapse of secular constitutional faith has unleashed a politicized church that turns sacrifice from love into a license for violence.

PAUL KAHN explains why this blurring of church and state marks a critical turning point in America’s political and moral crisis.
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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"Falling Far and Fast"

Yale Law’s ROBERT POST — one of the nation’s foremost experts on freedom of speech — has been teaching First Amendment law for more than 40 years.

For the first time, he fears that freedom of speech in America is truly endangered.

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Quote: “The Trump Administration has taken direct aim at the First Amendment, the foundation stone of our democracy.”
September 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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"I have been deeply disappointed by the great majority of my tenured peers who have disturbingly remained silent and passive".

JEAN D'ASPREMONT in conversation with ANNA SOPHIA TIEDEKE on censorship and learning from oppressed groups how to resist silently

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Quote: “These new modes of silencing are particularly insidious because they are internalized by those concerned and subsequently induce a lot of self-censorship. This is the most brilliant cynicism of all: one does not need to silence or police academics and students, for they internalize these constraints and will censor themselves.”
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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On Sep 2 and 15, Trump ordered the United States Navy to destroy small speed boats in the Caribbean. In both cases, all on board died.

MARY ELLEN O'CONNELL on the lawlesssness of these targeted killings.

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Qutoe from our published author Mary Ellen O'Connell: "The killings in the Carribean are President Trump's most dangerous assaults on the rule of law to date."
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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On Sep 8, SCOTUS signaled its support for ICE’s use of racial profiling in immigration policing.

The Court’s only hint of reasoning came in a non-precedential concurrence by Justice Kavanaugh.

JENNIFER M. CHACÓN, Professor at Stanford, unpacks the opinion.

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Quote from our published author Jennifer M. Chacón: "Common sense has been doing a lot of work in the Supreme Court's immigration policing for decades, at the expense of facts and evidence. It is doing a lot of work in Kavanugh's opinion here."
September 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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In a piece for @verfassungsblog.de I critique a recent Hamburg court decision that Marx is an enemy of the German constitution. (English translation out soon)
verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 28
Verfassungsfeind Marx?

Die Gesellschaftstheorie von Marx ist mit dem Grundgesetz unvereinbar – so hielt es unlängst das Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg.

BRUNO LEIPOLD (‪@brunoleipold.com‬) meint: Was die Richter zu Marx schreiben, ist ideengeschichtlich nicht haltbar.
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Zitat: „Ironisch ist, dass die Richter des Hamburger Verwaltungsgerichtes von einem Marx-Lesekreis profitieren würden, um an einer solchen Debatte besser teilnehmen zu können.“
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Behind Trump’s authoritarian takeover of Washington D.C.’s police lies a dangerous strategy: manufacturing emergencies.

EMILY BERMAN, Professor of Law at the University of Houston, on Trump’s playbook for expanding authoritarian power — and what to expect next.

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Quote: “Expect the president to militarize policing – using National Guard, active-duty military, militarized federal law enforcement, or some combination of the three – in many American cities across the nation.”
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Another excellent addition (by @mwgehring.bsky.social) to our symposium on the ICJ’s climate advisory opinion, co-edited with @antoine-despieg.bsky.social and @matigre.bsky.social ✨

Access all other contributions here (and stay tuned for more to come):

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verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 15
When Custom Binds All States 🌍⚖️

MARKUS GEHRING (@mwgehring.bsky.social) on the International Court of Justice's trailblazing findings on customary international law as it applies to climate change.

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Quote: “The ICJ clarifies that rejecting or breaking the existing international treaty regime on climate change does not diminish any State’s obligations to actually address the underlying global challenge that is climate change.”
August 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Until recently, the term "occupation" in Israel was used to underscore its negative connotations.

This is changing.

ITAMAR MANN (@itamann.bsky.social‬) on the shifting meaning of the word – and why it now obscures something worse: expulsion and destruction.

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Quote: “Perhaps for the first time in Israel’s history, the term occupation serves the government’s purposes – precisely because it conceals a more devastating reality.”
August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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American politics is currently defined by the daily discarding of long-standing norms.

The latest ignominy is Texas Republicans’ brazen attempt to gerrymander congressional districts at the behest of Trump.

JOSHUA SELLERS on why this move is unprecedented.

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August 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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What is the ICJ’s approach towards sources in its recent advisory opinion on climate change? 🌍⚖️

MARGARETHA WEWERINKE-SINGH argues that the ICJ’s approach reflects a deeper shift in international law that will reverberate far beyond climate litigation.

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Quote: “The ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change may come to be remembered as the moment international law explicitly rose to the climate challenge.”
August 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"The Struggle Against Fossil Sovereignty"

JOCHEN VON BERNSTORFF and INGO VENZKE explain why the ICJ's climate advisory opinion lends further support to efforts aimed at pushing back against the legal protection of fossil fuel extraction and production.

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Quote: “The expansive legal protection of fossil investments risks significantly increasing the cost of climate policies.”
August 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Devastating account of
-the irredeemability of Western govs' responses to 🇮🇱's starvation of #Gaza
-our collective moral failure
-applicable legal obligations right NOW

by the foremost experts on starvation Alex deWaal &
@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social

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Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative
It is time for comprehensive, full-spectrum, sustainable, and coordinated humanitarian action. States globally must act without delay on that imperative.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🌏📣The ICJ issued its long-awaited #advisoryopinion on the obligations of States to #climatechange. The groundbreaking opinion will have a major impact on global climate governance. Read our intro in the #SabinCenter’s Climate Law Blog symposium with @verfassungsblog.de : buff.ly/9ZOpmGC
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction - Climate Law Blog
“An existential threat” – this is how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) characterized climate change in its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of States with respect to climate…
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July 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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“Both B’Tselem and PHR said Israel’s western allies were enabling the genocidal campaign, and shared responsibility for suffering in Gaza. 'It couldn’t happen without the support of the western world,' Novak said. 'Any leader that is not doing whatever they can to stop it is part of this horror'.”
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action
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July 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"A Single Paragraph’s Promise"

LENA RIEMER on the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on climate change and the understated question of climate-induced human displacement.

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Quote: “This one seemingly modest paragraph may have profound implications for millions of people fleeing across borders due to climate change, potentially reshaping the legal landscape for those seeking protection and at least offering minimum guarantees against their removal to a place where they would be at risk.”
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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"The most significant development in international climate law since the adoption of the Paris Agreement" 🌍⚖️

MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE, MAXIM BÖNNEMANN, and ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR kick off a new joint blog symposium on the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change.

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Quote: “The opinion’s true legacy may lie not only in its legal conclusions, but in its power to influence political will, guide national courts, and support vulnerable communities seeking justice.”
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The EU Commission just presented its proposal for a new climate target. International carbon credits are set to play a key role.

INGO VENZKE on the problem behind carbon credits and the telling history of greater flexibilities in climate law and politics.

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Quote: “The reference to carbon credits in the new European climate target once again fuels concerns about entrenched asymmetries about who gains and who loses.”
July 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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The row over the nomination of Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf to the BVerfG shows how politicised legal processes are becoming across the entire democratic world - and why 'populists v the rest' distinctions are too simplistic. www.courthousenews.com/american-sty...
American-style culture war erupts over German high court nominee
Fights in Congress over a Supreme Court nominee's views on cultural hot topics like abortion are legendary. That's largely not been the case in Germany — until now.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Thank you to @verfassungsblog.de and @sabincenter.bsky.social for including my blog in their Symposium. As always, special thanks to the editors, esp. Dr @maximb.bsky.social and Prof @matigre.bsky.social
verfassungsblog.de Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 16
Among the major surprises of the IACtHR's Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency are its reflections on jus cogens and the climate crisis. 🌍⚖️

@mwgehring.bsky.social explains why this part of the ruling matters so much and what the legal consequences are.

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Quote: This is the first time that an international court has explicitly recognised the jus cogens character of the obligation not to create irreversible damage to the climate and the global environment.
July 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM