Verfassungsblog

2 days ago | verfassungsblog.de | Daniel Thym

Friedrich Merz bekam mehr als gewollt: Aus dem „Fünf-Punkte-Plan“ des Wahlkampfs wurden 17 Einzelvorhaben im Migrationskapitel des Koalitionsvertrags zwischen CDU, CSU und SPD. Doch liefert der künftige Kanzler damit auch die „grundsätzliche Wende“ und den „Stopp der illegalen Migration“, die sein Wahlprogramm vollmundig versprochen hatte? Kurzfristig hängt das davon ab, welches von zwei Szenarien eintritt, wenn künftig Asylbewerber an der Grenze zurückgewiesen werden.

2 weeks ago | verfassungsblog.de | Michael C. Dorf

Most readers are likely aware of the basic facts of the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran man who was legally living in Maryland pursuant to a 2019 court order forbidding the government from deporting him to his home country, where, the court found, he would face persecution.

1 month ago | verfassungsblog.de | Joaquin Urías

Albania’s Vetting Commission recently concluded its mandate, marking a pivotal moment in the country’s judicial reform effort. Since 2016, Albania has enacted significant constitutional amendments aimed at comprehensive reforms. These included substantial changes to the governance system of the justice sector, transferring powers from the executive branch to the new judicial council, with a primary focus on combating corruption.

1 month ago | verfassungsblog.de | Markus Gehring |Tejas Rao

The adage that a leader who ‘saves’ their country cannot break the law—often misattributed to Napoleon—stands in stark contrast to the reality of international legal obligations. Not only can a nation breach international law, but under certain circumstances, such actions may constitute international crimes.

1 month ago | verfassungsblog.de | Eva Maria Bredler |Maximilian Steinbeis

This time of passage between the German federal election and the formation of a government has something unsettling about it. The old is over, the new has not yet begun – a perceived liminal space of being ungoverned and insecure opens up, even if reason and Article 39(1) Sentence 2, Article 69(3) of the Basic Law assure that it isn’t so.