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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jun 28

Shocking ruling from Justice Amy Coney Barrett, very sad day for the US Supreme Court and for the rule of law.

The Supreme Court’s Intolerable Ruling www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Intolerable Ruling

www.nytimes.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jun 13

drive.google.com/file/d/1qkfu...

Ελευθεριάδης Handout Τα Καθήκοντα της Έννομης Κοινωνίας.pdf

drive.google.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Trump administration's outrageous statements about judges and courts have created a constitutional crisis. Is the US spinning out of control?

www.reuters.com/legal/us-chi...

US Chief Justice Roberts: calls for judge's impeachment are inappropriate after Trump lashes out

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts responded on Tuesday to President Donald Trump's attacks on a federal judge presiding over a deportation battle, rejecting the idea that impeachment is the answer for a disagreement with the jurist's rulings.

www.reuters.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Feb 9

www.tovima.gr/2025/02/08/o...

Πώς χάθηκε η αξιοπιστία; | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ

Όταν συγκρίνουμε τους ελληνικούς θεσμούς με τους αντίστοιχους Ευρωπαϊκούς, βλέπουμε ότι οι θεσμοί μας εδώ και πολύ καιρό είναι ανεπαρκείς και ίσως είναι - και σίγουρα φαίνονται - σαθροί.

www.tovima.gr

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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · Jan 31

The President of the ECHR, Marko Bošnjak, held a press conference on 31 January 2025. After presenting the results of the Court’s activities and statistics for 2024, he took questions from journalists alongside Marialena Tsirli, Registrar of the Court. tinyurl.com/bdhtxd5j
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 23

Are there any English judges here? There is a howler in the document “The Judicial System of England and Wales” (2016, but still on the website). It is NOT true that in the civil law “defendants … are considered guilty until proven innocent”. What ignorant nonsense!

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 22

Not sure I understand the distinction. They are both pre-conviction (and pre-sentence). I would think all pardons before conviction (and sentencing) are hard to make sense of. Is there case law?

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 22

What did Hans say? Was he shocked? Please continue the story for four years.

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 22

How can you pardon someone who has not been convicted? Makes no logical sense. Is it lawful?

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · Jan 20

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?

Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute

Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.

www.rollingstone.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jan 20

Trump frees people from their inhibitions and makes them show themselves in all honesty and openness.

This one was from the heart. Duly noted!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jan 20

Um. What did I just watch?

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 21

A day of infamy for American Democracy

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Pardons Will Encourage More Political Violence

To open his term with such an act of contempt toward the legal system is audacious, even for Mr. Trump.

www.nytimes.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 7

A great man.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Tributes paid after former Greek PM Costas Simitis dies aged 88

Four days of mourning declared for death of Pasok party co-founder, the architect of country’s entry into euro

www.theguardian.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy New Year!

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Dec 4

I have not read it but I do not want to. Hart said what he wanted to say, in a long and fruitful life. What is the point of publishing papers that he did not himself choose to publish?

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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · Dec 4

On 5/12, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by 🇬🇷Greek authorities. The case, brought by PM’s nephew Grigoris Dimitriadis fits into the category of cases referred to as SLAPPs, writes @evacosse.bsky.social.

www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

Greek Surveillance Lawsuit Aims to Silence Journalism

On December 5, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by Greek authorities. The case fits into the category of cases referred to as “strate...

www.hrw.org

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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · Nov 22

An exception is the recent masterpiece by Fintan O'Toole in the @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social 'The Second Coming'

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 25

An excellent article on Rawls and modern politics.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...

Opinion | The Democrats Are in Trouble. This Man Can Save Them.

The theories of the 20th-century philosopher John Rawls can inspire a new way for Democrats to find relevance.

www.nytimes.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 23

Nice evening in Abu Dhabi (is this finally the place for pleasant photos?)

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 22

Important background to ICC warrant, it is not about legality of the war but only about its conduct: “Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza” on.ft.com/3KbVaMJ

Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza

From Lord Justice Fulford, Judge Theodor Meron CMG, Amal Clooney, Danny Friedman KC, Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG KC

on.ft.com

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 19

My favourite paper: “Natural Reason and the Ethical Foundations of European Law”.

geopolitique.eu/en/articles/...

Natural Reason and the Ethical Foundations of European Law - Groupe d'études géopolitiques

Most defences of the European Union are consequentialist. They say that for this or that reason the EU serves interests in prosperity or security. The most common attack on the European Union, however...

geopolitique.eu

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 19

My recent (2023) paper on the nature of EU law has almost 5000 views on the European Papers site. Are there that many EU lawyers?

www.europeanpapers.eu/en/e-journal...

The Primacy of EU Law: Interpretive, not Structural

European Papers

www.europeanpapers.eu

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 18

For Greek readers: my latest article, on Greek institutional failings. www.kreport.gr/2024/11/17/m...

Μια απαραίτητη σύγκριση: «Παράδοξη Χώρα» -

Τo πολύ ενδιαφέρον και ιδιαίτερα σημαντικό βιβλίο του κ. Τάκη Σ. Παππά, Παράδοξη Χώρα (Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2024) εξετάζει αναλυτικά […]

www.kreport.gr

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 15

Nice to meet you again!

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Pavlos Eleftheriadis @peleftheriadis.bsky.social · Nov 15

First post at Blue Sky

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