The Spanish Constitutional Court on the Path of Self-Destruction

The Spanish Constitutional Court on the Path of Self-Destruction Urías, Joaquín Author aut Text xx# 2017 Verfassungsblog 2017-04-24 eng 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. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Urías, Joaquín funded by the government Catalonia Freedom of Expression Independence Judicial Review 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-spanish-constitutional-court-on-the-path-of-self-destruction/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20170424-104310 170424 10.17176/20170424-104310 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)