This post examines the ECJ’s judgment in Case C-417/23 on Denmark’s ‘Ghetto Package’ arguing that, whilst the Court recognised the ethnicised nature of the scheme,
it fell short of robustly confronting the structural exclusion at its core. [...]
Simon Lazarus Simon Lazarus A deluge of ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilt over the case, Trump v. Slaughter, argued before the Supreme Court on December 8, 2025, which
challenges the constitutionality of statutory ‘for-cause removal” restrictions on the President’s authority to fire commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission. [...]
Greenland has recently become the subject of significant interest by the Trump administration. In 2026, the United States has threatened the use of military force to seize
the territory, over which NATO member Denmark has long had sovereignty. [...]
The Trump administration’s use of thuggery in the pursuit of its domestic and international objectives has arguably reached its foreign apex, to date, in the repeated threats
to acquire Greenland by the use of military force or, alternatively, coercive negotiations. [...]
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send active-duty troops into Minneapolis, MN, where widespread demonstrations continue [...]
Heiko Sauer recently diagnosed a “course correction in European constitutional law”. In light of the Second Senate’s Egenberger judgment, he paints a picture of a Federal
Constitutional Court (BVerfG) returning to calmer waters after the seismic aftershocks of the PSPP judgment (BVerfGE 154, 17). [...]
„[N]ous avons besoin de mobilisation“ – mit diesem Ruf nach militärischer Mobilisierung leitete Präsident Macron 2025 die französische Wehrdienstreform ein und versuchte
so, die verfassungshistorische Frage nach dem Dienst an der Nation zu aktualisieren. [...]
The protection of people threatened with death is a fundamental aspect of law enforcement and public security. This workshop will bring together academics, civil servants,
legal practitioners, human rights activists and authorities from Brazil and South Africa to discuss the use of evidence for the implementation and improvement [...]
