Second, we show that due to this breach, the Hungarian veto does not count, with the result that the decision can be adopted pursuant to Article 238(4) TFEU. This is no empty promise. The Court refers ...

President Donald Trump imposed a massive travel ban, barring nearly all immigration and other entry into the United States by citizens of twelve nations, and imposing severe restrictions on seven more ...

On the one hand, If the wealthy wield political power, they may seek to distort government programs to benefit themselves. On the other hand, they may lobby for drastic cutbacks in the fiscal size and ...

“Executive disobedience” is a fluid concept that has not been conclusively defined in political theory or legal scholarship.

Nawrocki’s ascent has been facilitated, in no small part, by overt support from Donald Trump and his entourage – an emerging pattern of American right-wing involvement in European electoral politics.

Since the negotiation of the Rome Statute – the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) – U.S. relations with the Court have zig-zagged between quiet support and open hostility.

Less than two years ago, in late 2023, when the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government lost power, a wave of optimism swept through liberal-democratic circles in Poland. The defeat was seen – ...

Equally striking are the distinct terms “negation of values” and “constitutional dialogue”, which Ćapeta employs in developing criteria for Article 2 TEU violations and distinguishes from one another.

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The ICJ will have to decide whether this constitutes a violation of legal obligations under the Protocol. This blog will detail several difficulties with Lithuania’s argument which seeks to collapse ...

Die grundrechtsdogmatische Perspektive des Minderheitenvotums weist daraufhin, dass der besondere Gleichheitsschutz durch das Diskriminierungsverbot wegen der „Rasse” in diesem Kontext mehrere ...

Die Bestimmung der biogeografischen Herkunft eines Menschen durch die forensische DNA-Analyse zu strafprozessualen Zwecken ist seit mehreren Jahren höchst umstritten. Ihre Kritiker lehnen sie vehement ...