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On 8 Feb 2026, Portugal votes in a presidential runoff. 🇵🇹
For TERESA VIOLANTE, this is about more than the candidates: the Seguro–Ventura contest crystallizes a clash between liberal and illiberal democracy.
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For TERESA VIOLANTE, this is about more than the candidates: the Seguro–Ventura contest crystallizes a clash between liberal and illiberal democracy.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
On 8 Feb 2026, Portugal votes in a presidential runoff. 🇵🇹
For TERESA VIOLANTE, this is about more than the candidates: the Seguro–Ventura contest crystallizes a clash between liberal and illiberal democracy.
verfassungsblog.de/portugal-pre...
For TERESA VIOLANTE, this is about more than the candidates: the Seguro–Ventura contest crystallizes a clash between liberal and illiberal democracy.
verfassungsblog.de/portugal-pre...
What does it mean to examine political modernity from below?
JEANETTE EHRMANN (@jeanjanyan.bsky.social) on the enslaved as political actors whose resistance reshapes how we think about modernity and the law.
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JEANETTE EHRMANN (@jeanjanyan.bsky.social) on the enslaved as political actors whose resistance reshapes how we think about modernity and the law.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
What does it mean to examine political modernity from below?
JEANETTE EHRMANN (@jeanjanyan.bsky.social) on the enslaved as political actors whose resistance reshapes how we think about modernity and the law.
verfassungsblog.de/the-code-noi...
JEANETTE EHRMANN (@jeanjanyan.bsky.social) on the enslaved as political actors whose resistance reshapes how we think about modernity and the law.
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The current draft for an EU regulation on the return of irregular migrants raises serious human rights concerns. A draconian system.
I wrote a short blog post on this.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for taking it in!
I wrote a short blog post on this.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for taking it in!
The new draft Regulation on the return of migrants introduces return hubs, reduces protections, and aims to speed up and simplify the return process.
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The current draft for an EU regulation on the return of irregular migrants raises serious human rights concerns. A draconian system.
I wrote a short blog post on this.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for taking it in!
I wrote a short blog post on this.
Many thanks to @verfassungsblog.de for taking it in!
The new draft Regulation on the return of migrants introduces return hubs, reduces protections, and aims to speed up and simplify the return process.
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The new draft Regulation on the return of migrants introduces return hubs, reduces protections, and aims to speed up and simplify the return process.
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
BERND PARUSEL warns that this new approach weakens human rights standards and punishes desperate people.
verfassungsblog.de/a-draconian-...
A multipolar world is unsettling long-standing asymmetries — and legal knowledge production is beginning to feel this shift, too.
We are launching a new blog symposium on "reflexive globalisation and the law", introduced by PHILIPP DANN and FLORIAN JEßBERGER:
verfassungsblog.de/reflexive-gl...
We are launching a new blog symposium on "reflexive globalisation and the law", introduced by PHILIPP DANN and FLORIAN JEßBERGER:
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February 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
A multipolar world is unsettling long-standing asymmetries — and legal knowledge production is beginning to feel this shift, too.
We are launching a new blog symposium on "reflexive globalisation and the law", introduced by PHILIPP DANN and FLORIAN JEßBERGER:
verfassungsblog.de/reflexive-gl...
We are launching a new blog symposium on "reflexive globalisation and the law", introduced by PHILIPP DANN and FLORIAN JEßBERGER:
verfassungsblog.de/reflexive-gl...
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"It is at the very least inconsistent to warn against rule of law regression and violations while failing to police one’s own membership. We are where we are because too many in senior positions who had and have the power to act have failed to do so."
Important piece by Bodnar and Pech:
Important piece by Bodnar and Pech:
Immunising the Venice Commission Against Autocratic Contamination
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February 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
"It is at the very least inconsistent to warn against rule of law regression and violations while failing to police one’s own membership. We are where we are because too many in senior positions who had and have the power to act have failed to do so."
Important piece by Bodnar and Pech:
Important piece by Bodnar and Pech:
Immunising the Venice Commission against autocratic contamination.
ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed.
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ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed.
verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...
February 5, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Immunising the Venice Commission against autocratic contamination.
ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed.
verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...
ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed.
verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...
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With military options reportedly off the table, NATO and the United States are now discussing the creation of sovereign US bases in Greenland.
MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
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MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Thank you @verfassungsblog.de for publishing our thoughts.
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My latest @verfassungsblog.de post co-authored this time with Adam Bodnar and for once, dedicated to a non-EU body: The European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission
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Immunising the Venice Commission Against Autocratic Contamination
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February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
My latest @verfassungsblog.de post co-authored this time with Adam Bodnar and for once, dedicated to a non-EU body: The European Commission for Democracy through Law - better known as the Venice Commission
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verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...
The CJEU does not allow non-governmental organizations to bring cases in the public interest.
KATARZYNA SZEPELAK & MACIEJ KUŁAK argue the Treaties enable a different reading – and the Court should change its practice accordingly.
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KATARZYNA SZEPELAK & MACIEJ KUŁAK argue the Treaties enable a different reading – and the Court should change its practice accordingly.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The CJEU does not allow non-governmental organizations to bring cases in the public interest.
KATARZYNA SZEPELAK & MACIEJ KUŁAK argue the Treaties enable a different reading – and the Court should change its practice accordingly.
verfassungsblog.de/time-to-reth...
KATARZYNA SZEPELAK & MACIEJ KUŁAK argue the Treaties enable a different reading – and the Court should change its practice accordingly.
verfassungsblog.de/time-to-reth...
Can a Dutch court refuse extradition to Romania over a minimum seven-year sentence for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use?
EMILIA SANDRI unpacks the AG’s Opinion in the Tagu case, the two-step test, and the EU Charter proportionality exception.
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EMILIA SANDRI unpacks the AG’s Opinion in the Tagu case, the two-step test, and the EU Charter proportionality exception.
verfassungsblog.de/two-step-tes...
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Can a Dutch court refuse extradition to Romania over a minimum seven-year sentence for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use?
EMILIA SANDRI unpacks the AG’s Opinion in the Tagu case, the two-step test, and the EU Charter proportionality exception.
verfassungsblog.de/two-step-tes...
EMILIA SANDRI unpacks the AG’s Opinion in the Tagu case, the two-step test, and the EU Charter proportionality exception.
verfassungsblog.de/two-step-tes...
With military options reportedly off the table, NATO and the United States are now discussing the creation of sovereign US bases in Greenland.
MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
verfassungsblog.de/why-us-sover...
MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
verfassungsblog.de/why-us-sover...
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
With military options reportedly off the table, NATO and the United States are now discussing the creation of sovereign US bases in Greenland.
MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
verfassungsblog.de/why-us-sover...
MARKUS GEHRING & NASIA HADJIGEORGIOU explain why such sovereignty carve-outs would violate international law.
verfassungsblog.de/why-us-sover...
Ziel 1 erreicht. ❤️ Danke!
Seit Oktober haben uns 804 Spender*innen mit über 218.000 Euro unterstützt. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Das ist Vertrauen und Wertschätzung unserer Arbeit, die uns sehr motiviert.
Was wir damit 2026 vorhaben im 🧵
Seit Oktober haben uns 804 Spender*innen mit über 218.000 Euro unterstützt. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Das ist Vertrauen und Wertschätzung unserer Arbeit, die uns sehr motiviert.
Was wir damit 2026 vorhaben im 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Ziel 1 erreicht. ❤️ Danke!
Seit Oktober haben uns 804 Spender*innen mit über 218.000 Euro unterstützt. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Das ist Vertrauen und Wertschätzung unserer Arbeit, die uns sehr motiviert.
Was wir damit 2026 vorhaben im 🧵
Seit Oktober haben uns 804 Spender*innen mit über 218.000 Euro unterstützt. Das ist nicht selbstverständlich. Das ist Vertrauen und Wertschätzung unserer Arbeit, die uns sehr motiviert.
Was wir damit 2026 vorhaben im 🧵
The US intervention in Venezuela marks more than another breach of international law.
HELMUT PHILIPP AUST, CLAUS KREß, and HEIKE KRIEGER on the US government’s descent into lawlessness — and its consequences for the global legal order
verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
HELMUT PHILIPP AUST, CLAUS KREß, and HEIKE KRIEGER on the US government’s descent into lawlessness — and its consequences for the global legal order
verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
The US intervention in Venezuela marks more than another breach of international law.
HELMUT PHILIPP AUST, CLAUS KREß, and HEIKE KRIEGER on the US government’s descent into lawlessness — and its consequences for the global legal order
verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
HELMUT PHILIPP AUST, CLAUS KREß, and HEIKE KRIEGER on the US government’s descent into lawlessness — and its consequences for the global legal order
verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
Von personalisierter Werbung zur staatlichen Verfolgung.
Die US-Behörde ICE will Ad-Tech- und Big-Data-Tools privater Unternehmen nutzen.
Das ist brandgefährlich, meinen RAINER MÜHLHOFF & HANNAH RUSCHEMEIER – und zeigen, warum es eine klare Zweckbindung braucht.
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Die US-Behörde ICE will Ad-Tech- und Big-Data-Tools privater Unternehmen nutzen.
Das ist brandgefährlich, meinen RAINER MÜHLHOFF & HANNAH RUSCHEMEIER – und zeigen, warum es eine klare Zweckbindung braucht.
verfassungsblog.de/von-personal...
February 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Von personalisierter Werbung zur staatlichen Verfolgung.
Die US-Behörde ICE will Ad-Tech- und Big-Data-Tools privater Unternehmen nutzen.
Das ist brandgefährlich, meinen RAINER MÜHLHOFF & HANNAH RUSCHEMEIER – und zeigen, warum es eine klare Zweckbindung braucht.
verfassungsblog.de/von-personal...
Die US-Behörde ICE will Ad-Tech- und Big-Data-Tools privater Unternehmen nutzen.
Das ist brandgefährlich, meinen RAINER MÜHLHOFF & HANNAH RUSCHEMEIER – und zeigen, warum es eine klare Zweckbindung braucht.
verfassungsblog.de/von-personal...
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Dazu jetzt unsere Analyse ( @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social )
auf @verfassungsblog.de
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auf @verfassungsblog.de
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February 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Dazu jetzt unsere Analyse ( @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social )
auf @verfassungsblog.de
verfassungsblog.de/von-personal...
auf @verfassungsblog.de
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In late 2025, a Peruvian municipality recognized legal rights for stingless bees. 🐝
EVA BERNET KEMPERS (evabernetkempers.bsky.social) explains why the case shows that animal rights are taking shape in law very differently from “ideal” academic theories.
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EVA BERNET KEMPERS (evabernetkempers.bsky.social) explains why the case shows that animal rights are taking shape in law very differently from “ideal” academic theories.
verfassungsblog.de/legislating-...
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
In late 2025, a Peruvian municipality recognized legal rights for stingless bees. 🐝
EVA BERNET KEMPERS (evabernetkempers.bsky.social) explains why the case shows that animal rights are taking shape in law very differently from “ideal” academic theories.
verfassungsblog.de/legislating-...
EVA BERNET KEMPERS (evabernetkempers.bsky.social) explains why the case shows that animal rights are taking shape in law very differently from “ideal” academic theories.
verfassungsblog.de/legislating-...
Im vergangenen Jahr wurde Bündnis 90/Die Grünen vorgeworfen, in Berlin einen Wahlkreis zu ihren Gunsten zugeschnitten zu haben.
Obwohl Gerrymandering hierzulande noch die Ausnahme ist, sollten die rechtlichen Maßstäbe nachgeschärft werden, so FABIAN BUNSCHUH.
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Obwohl Gerrymandering hierzulande noch die Ausnahme ist, sollten die rechtlichen Maßstäbe nachgeschärft werden, so FABIAN BUNSCHUH.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Im vergangenen Jahr wurde Bündnis 90/Die Grünen vorgeworfen, in Berlin einen Wahlkreis zu ihren Gunsten zugeschnitten zu haben.
Obwohl Gerrymandering hierzulande noch die Ausnahme ist, sollten die rechtlichen Maßstäbe nachgeschärft werden, so FABIAN BUNSCHUH.
verfassungsblog.de/gerrymanderi...
Obwohl Gerrymandering hierzulande noch die Ausnahme ist, sollten die rechtlichen Maßstäbe nachgeschärft werden, so FABIAN BUNSCHUH.
verfassungsblog.de/gerrymanderi...
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"For many commentators, the present moment in Minneapolis appears as rupture. But for those who have long experienced constitutional “normalcy” as a site of vulnerability rather than protection, naming the moment as crisis was already beside the point."
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
"For many commentators, the present moment in Minneapolis appears as rupture. But for those who have long experienced constitutional “normalcy” as a site of vulnerability rather than protection, naming the moment as crisis was already beside the point."
For the Outstanding Women Project, LILIAN LANGER (lilianlanger.bsky.social) revisits the life of Rosa Luxemburg – her extraordinary intellect, personal courage, and the brutal death that sealed her place in political memory.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
For the Outstanding Women Project, LILIAN LANGER (lilianlanger.bsky.social) revisits the life of Rosa Luxemburg – her extraordinary intellect, personal courage, and the brutal death that sealed her place in political memory.
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"Fixating on naming the tipping point [constitutional crisis or not] occludes how constitutional governance can continue to function while producing results that feel, to those subjected to them, indistinguishable from breakdown" 🎯
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"Fixating on naming the tipping point [constitutional crisis or not] occludes how constitutional governance can continue to function while producing results that feel, to those subjected to them, indistinguishable from breakdown" 🎯
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Important essay by my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague:
"The shootings of Good and Pretti were not mandated by the Constitution. But they were made possible, legible, defensible, and even absorbable, by a constitutional order more comfortable debating its limits than enforcing them."
"The shootings of Good and Pretti were not mandated by the Constitution. But they were made possible, legible, defensible, and even absorbable, by a constitutional order more comfortable debating its limits than enforcing them."
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Important essay by my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague:
"The shootings of Good and Pretti were not mandated by the Constitution. But they were made possible, legible, defensible, and even absorbable, by a constitutional order more comfortable debating its limits than enforcing them."
"The shootings of Good and Pretti were not mandated by the Constitution. But they were made possible, legible, defensible, and even absorbable, by a constitutional order more comfortable debating its limits than enforcing them."
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
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Europe’s Climate Crisis Is a Rule-of-Law Crisis says @uvalawschool.bsky.social Prof Christina Eckes in her @verfassungsblog.de comment on current EU climate developments.
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Europe’s Climate Crisis Is a Rule-of-Law Crisis
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January 31, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Europe’s Climate Crisis Is a Rule-of-Law Crisis says @uvalawschool.bsky.social Prof Christina Eckes in her @verfassungsblog.de comment on current EU climate developments.
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An excellent missive on the moment in Minneapolis by my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague, Emmanuel Mauleón.
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A Letter from Minneapolis
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January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
An excellent missive on the moment in Minneapolis by my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague, Emmanuel Mauleón.
verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
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