nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170424-104310 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170424s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170424-104310 doi eng 342 23 Urías, Joaquín Author aut The Spanish Constitutional Court on the Path of Self-Destruction Urías, Joaquín Verfassungsblog 2017-04-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Recently, the Spanish Constitutional Court has published one more decision in application of the new reform of the Law on Constitutional Court which increased its powers for the execution of its own decisions. It is clear that Catalonian sovereignist politicians are acting irresponsibly and provoking the Spanish powers. The only good way to answer to this challenge is a balanced and neutral response of the Constitutional Court every time they adopt an illegal act. Instead, the Court assumed a political role. He tries to stop even any talk about independence. By doing so, it fails to respect its own role as keeper of a Constitutional framework where very diverse ideologies can be discussed. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Catalonia Freedom of Expression Independence Judicial Review Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-spanish-constitutional-court-on-the-path-of-self-destruction/ raw object