Demokratie wird im Diskurs der Gegenwart von populistisch-autoritären Nationalisten gegen die Errungenschaften des offenen freiheitlich demokratischen Verfassungsstaats in Stellung gebracht. Wenn populistisch-autoritäre Nationalisten die Verletzung von Menschenrechten kritischer Journalisten, von Minderheiten oder Flüchtlingen rechtfertigen, wenn sie im Kampf gegen eine unabh …
Do you see any way for the Democrats to stop Trump’s candidate for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, from being confirmed this week? It is very probable that he will be confirmed, but it is not certain. If there is an up-or-down vote he will of course be confirmed. That takes more than 50 votes. The Republicans alone have 52 and there appears to be unanimous support for Gorsu …
Last Friday, effective March 10 at exactly 11:21 a.m., the sitting President Park Geun-hye was removed from her office by a unanimous decision of the South Korean Constitutional Court. With public life coming to a standstill as eyes focused on TV and internet live broadcasting, the acting Chief Justice delivered the court decision.
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I. The Case against ISDS in CETA and TTIP: Hysteria or Genuine Concern? Among those familiar with the field of investment arbitration, the strong political reaction against the investor state dispute settlement provisions (ISDS) included in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) and originally planned to be included in Transatlantic Tr …
The disagreement that exists between my learned colleague Kenneth Armstrong and myself concerns the question whether the Council is legally obligated to propose a candidate that, following the election, the Parliament has committed to support. The argument supporting that claim is, at its core, simple.
Stellen wir uns vor, dass die Europäischen Regierungschefs im Juli nicht Juncker oder Schulz, sondern eine dritte Person – z.B. die IWF-Präsidentin Christine Lagarde– zum Kommissionspräsidenten vorschlagen. Der Europäische Rat schnürt ein komplexes Personalpaket, verweist auf die mangelnde Unterstützung Junckers bei einigen Regierungschefs, auf die prekäre Situation, in der sic …
