28 September 2020
Justice Unlimited
The passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her replacement by Judge Amy Coney Barrett has led to a spike in interest in imposing term limits for Supreme Court justices. The proposals now on the table are for doing so by statute because amending the U.S. Constitution is so difficult. They face constitutional and political obstacles, which in combination make their adoption unlikely. Continue reading >>
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27 August 2020
Why Proceduralism Won’t Save Us from Trump
Can procedural rules rein in the Trump Administration? Many people got their hopes up that they can and will, especially after the United States Supreme Court announced its decision on the DACA rescission. Trump's Department of Homeland Security, however, has announced that it intends to begin dismantling DACA yet again. Continue reading >>
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16 August 2020
Weaponizing the Post Office
In our pandemic-addled moment, many once-normal activities are now considered dangerous. Hugging hello. Teaching in a classroom. Attending a concert. Having friends over to our homes. And now in the US, we have something else to add to the list of once-normal things that are risky in the pandemic: Voting by mail. Continue reading >>
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01 July 2020
SCOTUS Aids Trump’s Drive to Autocracy
The United States Supreme Court just took a big step in that authoritarian direction in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in a 5-4 decision. In that case, the Supreme Court created a constitutional rule that the President has the right to fire high executive branch officials for political reasons. Continue reading >>13 June 2020
Corona Constitutional #35: Wird Trump als Wahlverlierer einfach gehen?
Mal angenommen: Präsident Donald Trump gewinnt die anstehende Wahl im November diesen Jahres in den USA nicht. Wird er dann einfach gehen? Oder werden er und hinter ihm die republikanische Partei versuchen, mit Desinformation, Betrugsvorwürfen und anderen Mitteln die Niederlage zu leugnen und damit die amerikanische Demokratie in eine schwere Krise stürzen? Harvard-Professor DANIEL ZIBLATT ist Co-Author des Bestsellers "How Democracies Die". Im Gespräch mit Max Steinbeis spricht er über Trumps rechtspopulistische Strategien, mit denen er die älteste Demokratie der Welt aushöhlt. Continue reading >>10 June 2020
Liberal Censorship
The clash between Trump and Twitter epitomises a new dynamic that raises important questions and dilemmas for the liberal order: the dilemma of liberal censorship. Continue reading >>
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05 June 2020
Quis furor, o cives…
On civil rights, civil war and why one should beware of false associations looking at Minneapolis. Continue reading >>
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05 June 2020
Quis furor, o cives…
Über Bürgerrechte, Bürgerkriege und warum man sich mit Blick auf Minneapolis vor falschen Assoziationen hüten sollte. Continue reading >>
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