Esteban Szmulewicz Ramírez
@eszmulewicz.bsky.social
Public Law at Universidad Católica del Norte. Fellow Salzburg Global Seminar. Decentralization, democracy and deliberation. Proud and critical, with a comparative perspective. English/Español
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Donald Trump is clearly willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power, regardless of what the Constitution says. He “has always told us exactly who he is,” J. Michael Luttig argues. “We have just not wanted to believe him. But we must believe him now.”
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump is clearly willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power, regardless of what the Constitution says. He “has always told us exactly who he is,” J. Michael Luttig argues. “We have just not wanted to believe him. But we must believe him now.”
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📖 Is liberal constitutionalism still the global norm?
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
📖 Is liberal constitutionalism still the global norm?
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (#EYCL) 2024 explores diverse constitutional models and their interrelationships. A must-read for comparative law scholars.
🔗 Order now: lnkd.in/emnbCjK6
@fbakkerfrank.bsky.social
#ConstitutionalLaw
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In case you need more arguments to leave #X. #Muskisavenom 👇
🚨🚨Elon #Musk is a real venom and a very dangerous person having the powers to completely subvert our informational space. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/holo...
www.politico.eu/article/holo...
French authorities probe Holocaust denial on Elon Musk’s AI platform
The League for Human Rights also announced it was filing a complaint.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In case you need more arguments to leave #X. #Muskisavenom 👇
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🚨🚨 The UK has become too dependent on #Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services , a new Parliamentary report has warned. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🚨🚨 The UK has become too dependent on #Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services , a new Parliamentary report has warned. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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🚨🚨Excellent news: After three years of reasoning, pleading and conceding, the EU has had enough.
On Monday, the EU's MS are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut #Russian gas supplies to #Hungary and #Slovakia — whether they like it or not. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
On Monday, the EU's MS are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut #Russian gas supplies to #Hungary and #Slovakia — whether they like it or not. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU countries move to pull plug on Russian gas to Hungary and Slovakia
The two Central European countries have long spurned a phaseout. Now, EU capitals are ready to overrule them.
www.politico.eu
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨🚨Excellent news: After three years of reasoning, pleading and conceding, the EU has had enough.
On Monday, the EU's MS are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut #Russian gas supplies to #Hungary and #Slovakia — whether they like it or not. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
On Monday, the EU's MS are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut #Russian gas supplies to #Hungary and #Slovakia — whether they like it or not. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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🚨🚨 "Europe cannot afford to forget a fundamental truth: values and principles are not luxuries to be set aside when the pressure mounts". Great @theguardian.com opinion piece by @onethuthree.bsky.social & @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨🚨 "Europe cannot afford to forget a fundamental truth: values and principles are not luxuries to be set aside when the pressure mounts". Great @theguardian.com opinion piece by @onethuthree.bsky.social & @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Colóquio Breve
La teoria politica frente al avance de las extremas derechas
Del diagnóstico a las alternativas utópicas
Responsables André Kaysel y Alejandro Sahui
Grupo de investigación teoría política
PRIMER ENCUENTRO 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TK6...
La teoria politica frente al avance de las extremas derechas
Del diagnóstico a las alternativas utópicas
Responsables André Kaysel y Alejandro Sahui
Grupo de investigación teoría política
PRIMER ENCUENTRO 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TK6...
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Colóquio Breve
La teoria politica frente al avance de las extremas derechas
Del diagnóstico a las alternativas utópicas
Responsables André Kaysel y Alejandro Sahui
Grupo de investigación teoría política
PRIMER ENCUENTRO 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TK6...
La teoria politica frente al avance de las extremas derechas
Del diagnóstico a las alternativas utópicas
Responsables André Kaysel y Alejandro Sahui
Grupo de investigación teoría política
PRIMER ENCUENTRO 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TK6...
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A new paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social with a great team of researchers (inc @katemason.bsky.social). We lay out an updated framework for thinking about housing as a social determinant of health www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Housing as a social determinant of health: a contemporary framework
Housing is a key social determinant of health. Healthy housing is affordable, suitable, and secure. It is characterised by warmth, dryness, and proper…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social with a great team of researchers (inc @katemason.bsky.social). We lay out an updated framework for thinking about housing as a social determinant of health www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Why do #opposition parties sometimes support the government? My analyses show that parties use their votes in #parliament to shape how voters see them, what policies they can influence, and where they might end up after the next election @polscileiden.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
💻 Drawing on over 75 years of data, @rickvanwell.bsky.social of @ecprsgpp.bsky.social explains that when deciding how to behave in parliament, 📊 opposition parties make strategic trade-offs between winning votes, entering government and influencing policy.
👉 bit.ly/3Vtw6WX
👉 bit.ly/3Vtw6WX
Why opposition parties sometimes help governments pass laws
Opposition parties are expected to challenge the government, but they do not simply oppose for opposition's sake. Drawing on over 75 years of data, Rick van Well explains that when deciding how to beh...
bit.ly
September 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Why do #opposition parties sometimes support the government? My analyses show that parties use their votes in #parliament to shape how voters see them, what policies they can influence, and where they might end up after the next election @polscileiden.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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This is a terrifying but unfortunately realistic description of how well coordinated and effective the demolition of law-based democratic institutions and norms has been — and how far from an effective counterforce the fragmented and disjointed resistance has mounted
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Most Fateful Teardown Is Happening Now
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is a terrifying but unfortunately realistic description of how well coordinated and effective the demolition of law-based democratic institutions and norms has been — and how far from an effective counterforce the fragmented and disjointed resistance has mounted
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
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32 USC § 502(f)(2) would violate Article IV of the Constitution if applied to support deployment of un-federalized out-of-state National Guard troops into a state that didn’t want those troops there, as with Trump’s proposed use of the Texas National Guard to invade Illinois
September 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
32 USC § 502(f)(2) would violate Article IV of the Constitution if applied to support deployment of un-federalized out-of-state National Guard troops into a state that didn’t want those troops there, as with Trump’s proposed use of the Texas National Guard to invade Illinois
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"An 'overwhelming majority' of respondents said that Bluesky has a "vibrant and healthy online science community," while Twitter no longer does.."
#BlueskyforScience 🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#BlueskyforScience 🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"An 'overwhelming majority' of respondents said that Bluesky has a "vibrant and healthy online science community," while Twitter no longer does.."
#BlueskyforScience 🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
#BlueskyforScience 🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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🧁 Happy birthday to Elinor Ostrom!
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
August 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🧁 Happy birthday to Elinor Ostrom!
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. The committee recognized her work on "economic governance, especially the commons." We are not doomed to overuse our shared resources - sustainability through collaborative governance is possible.
@tarunkhaitan.bsky.social brilliantly quoting John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn", particularly the poem’s final lines: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”. impressive panel about desinformation, truth, and how to streghten democracies
July 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@tarunkhaitan.bsky.social brilliantly quoting John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn", particularly the poem’s final lines: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”. impressive panel about desinformation, truth, and how to streghten democracies
Excellent! So many interesting panels and presentations!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
💥 📄Check out the 2025 ICON•S Conference Booklet!
It includes the full program and a complete index of speakers, chairs, and discussants.
Access it here 👉 icon-society.org/2025conferen...
#iconsbrasília
It includes the full program and a complete index of speakers, chairs, and discussants.
Access it here 👉 icon-society.org/2025conferen...
#iconsbrasília
July 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Excellent! So many interesting panels and presentations!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Super excited to be presenting 2 papers next week at the @icon-s.bsky.social conference in Brasilia!! So looking forward to discussing and learning new ideas and meeting old and new colleagues and friends. Hope to see you there!
July 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Super excited to be presenting 2 papers next week at the @icon-s.bsky.social conference in Brasilia!! So looking forward to discussing and learning new ideas and meeting old and new colleagues and friends. Hope to see you there!
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Europe has replaced the lost US aid to Ukraine in 2025.
July 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Europe has replaced the lost US aid to Ukraine in 2025.
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The Boomerang Effect: How Disrespect for International Law Threatens Democracy | by Matthias Goldmann
The Boomerang Effect: How Disrespect for International Law Threatens Democracy
The allegiance of governments in the Global North to international law (sometimes endorsed in reductionist form as “the rules-based international order”) is currently experiencing an abrupt collapse. ...
www.ejiltalk.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Boomerang Effect: How Disrespect for International Law Threatens Democracy | by Matthias Goldmann
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🗓️ Just 10 days to go! Here's a glimpse of what's in store at the 2025 ICON•S Annual Conference in Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷
Explore all plenary sessions, panels & events happening July 28–30:
🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/dashboard/ev...
#iconsbrasília
Explore all plenary sessions, panels & events happening July 28–30:
🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/dashboard/ev...
#iconsbrasília
July 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🗓️ Just 10 days to go! Here's a glimpse of what's in store at the 2025 ICON•S Annual Conference in Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷
Explore all plenary sessions, panels & events happening July 28–30:
🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/dashboard/ev...
#iconsbrasília
Explore all plenary sessions, panels & events happening July 28–30:
🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/dashboard/ev...
#iconsbrasília
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A leading Finnish software and methodologies company revealed that a Russian disinformation campaign was behind the non-confidence motion presented by Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea, vice-chair of the ECR Group. The motion was signed by 77 MEPs from various other far-right European political groups.
Motion against von der Leyen, Kremlin led the campaign since March; what the report reveals
We have been following Russian operations against the EU and the Commission President for some time
pamfleti.net
July 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A leading Finnish software and methodologies company revealed that a Russian disinformation campaign was behind the non-confidence motion presented by Romanian MEP Gheorghe Piperea, vice-chair of the ECR Group. The motion was signed by 77 MEPs from various other far-right European political groups.
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How wide is the margin of appreciation that states have when setting national carbon budgets under the ECtHR’s KlimaSeniorinnen judgment? 🌍📉
@andrewlrjackson.bsky.social and @orlakelleher.bsky.social explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog.
verfassungsblog.de/quantifying-...
@andrewlrjackson.bsky.social and @orlakelleher.bsky.social explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog.
verfassungsblog.de/quantifying-...
July 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How wide is the margin of appreciation that states have when setting national carbon budgets under the ECtHR’s KlimaSeniorinnen judgment? 🌍📉
@andrewlrjackson.bsky.social and @orlakelleher.bsky.social explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog.
verfassungsblog.de/quantifying-...
@andrewlrjackson.bsky.social and @orlakelleher.bsky.social explain why the margin is narrower than argued on this blog.
verfassungsblog.de/quantifying-...
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Public discourse and comparative constitutional law: a research agenda by Ngoc Son Bui, out now and OPEN ACCESS @compconstudies.bsky.social 👇https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/ccs/ccs-overview.xml
July 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Public discourse and comparative constitutional law: a research agenda by Ngoc Son Bui, out now and OPEN ACCESS @compconstudies.bsky.social 👇https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/ccs/ccs-overview.xml
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📽️📚 Check out the latest edition of the ICON•S New Scholarship Showcase, featuring "The Story of Constitutions" 🖋️ Wim Voermans
Maja Sahadzic in conversation w/ author.
🎧 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA-J...
Maja Sahadzic in conversation w/ author.
🎧 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA-J...
New Scholarship Showcase: The Story of Constitutions
YouTube video by ICON • S
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
📽️📚 Check out the latest edition of the ICON•S New Scholarship Showcase, featuring "The Story of Constitutions" 🖋️ Wim Voermans
Maja Sahadzic in conversation w/ author.
🎧 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA-J...
Maja Sahadzic in conversation w/ author.
🎧 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA-J...