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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 17d

Introduction to the Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization

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Introduction to the Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization

[Jeff Handmaker is an Associate Professor of legal sociology at Erasmus University. Mikel Díez Sarasola is an Assistant Lecturer of constitutional law at the University of the Basque Country. Sanne…

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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 17d

Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: From the Rule of Law to the “Rude of Law”- Protesting in a World of Shrinking Freedoms

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Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: From the Rule of Law to the “Rude of Law”- Protesting in a World of Shrinking Freedoms

[Mikel Díez Sarasola is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of the Basque Country] In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, protests and demonstrations erupted worldwide, challenging an…

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Aug 11

Spain Is Going Its Own Way www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Opinion | Spain Is Going Its Own Way

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European Constitutional Law Review @euconst.bsky.social · Jun 27

How has the EU mediated the judicial council crisis in Spain? Read more in this our new article by @mikelblue.bsky.social 👇

Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thrilled to share my new article in the @euconst.bsky.social: "EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order | European Constitutional Law Review | Cambridge Core

EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

I hope the article contributes to ongoing debates on #EUmultilevelconstitutionalism and #EURuleofLaw. Very grateful to @euconst.bsky.social for publishing this piece

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Spanish case shows how RoL crises in Member States are not just national issues. They are constitutional challenges across multiple levels of governance

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

I argue for a dialogic understanding of EU RoL within EU multilevel constitutionalism

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thrilled to share my new article in the @euconst.bsky.social: "EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order | European Constitutional Law Review | Cambridge Core

EU Mediation in Spain’s Judicial Council Crisis: Refining Dialogic Rule of Law within a Multilevel Constitutional Order

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Jun 11

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · May 22

Justice Barrett’s honesty to be applauded

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 22

Breaking News: A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.

Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · May 19

At last, some good news for Europe!

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · May 18

The European Union breathed a huge sigh of relief tonight as moderate Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan fended off a fierce hard-right challenge to win the Romanian presidential election.

Tate bro tears and EU delight as Dan beats right-winger in Romania’s election

Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan won a stunning come-from-behind victory over hard-right George Simion.

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · May 15

10 weeks under siege. No food. No medicine. No water. 2 million people facing starvation. 💔🕊️

➡️ UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher: “Let us work.” 📢🚨

Aid is not a weapon!

#AidIsLife

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · May 2

🚨 BREAKING: TikTok has been hit with a €530 million fine after illegally sending the personal data of European users to China.

Read the story: ow.ly/16Yh50VLQ9I

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Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Face à l’assaut antilibéral de Donald Trump, nous sommes tous Canadiens ! Par Timothy Garton Ash

Pour l’historien à Oxford, les libéraux doivent s’unir au niveau international contre Trump, Poutine et Xi Jinping. Dans cette perspective, la victoire de Mark Carney au Canada, pays en première ligne...

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · May 2

Southern Europe? What about Portugal (8) and Spain (23)?

Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thank you, Tom Flynn, for inviting me to participate, and thanks to Queen’s University and the British Academy for making this conference possible

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Mikel Diez Sarasola @mikelblue.bsky.social · Mar 31

We're happy to start the workshop season with "Legal Mobilization and the Infrastructures of Protest Culture" (03-04 Apr.), a Multilevel Governance and EU Law research project. Read more www.iisj.net/en/workshops...

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Miguel Ángel Sevilla @miguelangelsevilla.bsky.social · Nov 27

Se acaba de publicar «Las integraciones económicas: Concepto, taxonomía y efectos» (Atelier). Un estudio jurídico, apoyado en la economía y a modo de teoría general, en el que analizo los esquemas de integración regional. 📖🌎
Se puede leer y descargar gratis: tinyurl.com/LibroAtelier

Las integraciones económicas: Concepto, taxonomía y efectos

Compra ya el libro Las integraciones económicas: Concepto, taxonomía y efectos. ISBN 9791387543211 de la editorial jurídica Atelier.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Mar 15

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Feb 24

this week's cover is on point

ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · Feb 20

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Marta Morvillo @martamorvillo.bsky.social · Feb 19

Join us in Amsterdam and online on 27 February to discuss strategic litigation in EU law, with a focus on migration, digital rights and climate - and check out our Special Issue on the German Law Journal fresh off the press!✨ programme and registration👇 aces.uva.nl/content/even...

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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · Feb 18

"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy www.salon.com/2025/02/18/h... @amandamarcotte.bsky.social

"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy

Journalist Katherine Stewart's "Money, Lies, and God" takes readers into Trump's movement to end America

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Feb 16

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools

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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com

At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · Feb 12

I guess he meant Germany’s dark past.

Note: Viktor Orbán has repeatedly declared a zero-tolerance policy toward antisemitism. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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