It has long been recognised that the institutional structure of the United Nations—most centrally, the veto power of the permanent members of the Security Council—is deeply

problematic. The veto entrenches hierarchy and shields power from accountability. [...]

Since 2019, Donald Trump has been consistent in his messaging that he wants “to have” Greenland. Whether his personal instincts as a real estate mogul to acquire the territory

coincide with the American national interest is doubtful. As some influential senators in his own Republican Party (GOP) have said, it just doesn’t make strategic [...]

Die Klimakrise stellt den Staat vor langfristige Aufgaben, deren Bewältigung erhebliche finanzielle Mittel erfordert. Ob die bestehende Finanzverfassung mitsamt der Schuldenbremse

eine klimakrisenbedingte Kreditaufnahme ermöglicht, ist seit einiger Zeit umstritten. [...]

von DAVIDE RAUHE Das OLG Braunschweig hat jüngst eine Schöffin ihres Amtes enthoben, weil diese nicht auf das Tragen eines Kopftuchs verzichten wollte. Das hier faktisch

ausgesprochene Kopftuchverbot diskriminiert vor allem Frauen, verstärkt Stereotype und gefährdet die repräsentative Vielfalt der Justiz, anstatt echte Neutralität [...]

The Venice Commission’s Rule of Law Checklist is one of the most influential soft-law instruments for assessing constitutional governance in Europe and beyond. Originally

adopted in March 2016, this comprehensive framework has recently undergone a significant update, adopted in December 2025. [...]

I was puzzled when I learned that the Fed Chair was served with a criminal subpoena a week before the Court hears argument in Trump v. Cook. Why would the DOJ do that and thereby

poison the well for its argument before the Justices? Setting aside the merits of the Powell investigation, they could have waited until after Cook was decided to [...]

In Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment on 27 November 2025. For the first time, the ECtHR required domestic courts

of EU Member States to set aside national legislation that is incompatible with EU law, thereby aligning itself with the strand of case-law of the Court of Justice [...]

For the Balkinization symposium on Maxwell Stearns, Parliamentary America: The Least Radical Means of Radically Repairing Our Broken Democracy (Johns Hopkins University Press,

2024). [...]

On 6 January 2026, European leaders including President Macron, Chancellor Merz, and Prime Ministers Meloni, Tusk, Sánchez, Starmer, and Frederiksen issued a joint declaration

reaffirming that: [...]

On December 4, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior imposed a one-year ban on Xiaohongshu (Rednote), a Chinese social media platform, which has become an important source

of everyday information, particularly for younger users in Taiwan. Invoking fraud-prevention concerns, the Ministry instructed the Taiwan Network Information Center [...]