“For safety reasons” US constitutional judge reveals donated luxury travel 9/1/2023 1:57 am After massive criticism, Clarence Thomas explains that he allowed himself to be invited to fly in a real estate magnate’s private jet for security reasons. Errors in earlier statements happened by mistake, the US judge has his lawyer align. Controversial US constitutional…
Constitutional Court of Thailand – exclusion of pita was not illegal – News – SRF Skip to content Some elements on SRF.ch only work with activated JavaScript. News International Current article Contents Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the Move Forward party’s candidacy for prime minister was rightly blocked by parliament. Move Forward won the…
The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday ordered the deployment of the regional organization’s “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger, according to resolutions read at the end of a summit in Abuja. The organization ordered “the deployment of the ECOWAS standby force to restore constitutional order in…
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Tuesday that a constitutional reform specific to New Caledonia would be held “on the basis of a consensus”, as provided for by the Nouméa Accords of 1998 which are about to expire. At the end of the three self-determination referendums which rejected independence, the process of…
Seized of a priority question of constitutionality (QPC) relating to the law of April 21, 2021 criminalizing sexual relations between an adult and a minor aged fifteen and under, the Constitutional Council validated all the provisions of the offending text, in a decision rendered on Friday July 21. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers…
Several hundred fighters “experienced” de Wagner arrived in the Central African Republic to ” Ensure the security “ in anticipation of the July 30 referendum, a group linked to the Russian paramilitary group said on Sunday July 16. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers How Wagner strengthened his control in the Central African Republic,…
Shortly before partial legalization Constitutional Court upholds 1994 cannabis decision 7/11/2023 3:29 p.m The legalization of cannabis is in the starting blocks: both limited self-cultivation and visiting a cannabis social club should then be allowed. But now the Federal Constitutional Court is rejecting submissions from three district courts against the 1994 cannabis ban. The Federal…
Application from CDU politicians Federal Constitutional Court stops passage of heating law 7/5/2023 9:52 p.m Actually, the Bundestag should pass the controversial building energy law in a few days. But things are different. The Federal Constitutional Court blocked the passage. The reason is a request from a CDU politician. The Federal Constitutional Court stopped the…
Judgment on party funding Constitutional judges could turn off the NPD money tap 7/4/2023 7:28 am The NPD party, now home, endangers democracy but is too insignificant to be banned. This is how constitutional judges judged years ago. In a new process, however, the party could at least be excluded from party funding. For the…
Even before the heating law was passed, a member of parliament filed a lawsuit against it. The CDU politician Thomas Heilmann sees the short parliamentary procedure as a violation of his rights as a member of parliament. The CDU member of the Bundestag Thomas Heilmann has applied to the Federal Constitutional Court for a temporary…
The Constitutional Court, on the other hand, rejected the challenge to the election of the Mattersburg municipal board of October 2022 through the list “TVM – Tschürtzwarts Mattersburg”. The list with Johann Tschürtz, FPÖ club chairman in the state parliament, justified its challenge by saying that the use of d’Hondt’s procedure for the election of…
The Constitutional Council on Wednesday validated most of the nuclear revival law, but censored the tougher penalties for intrusions into power plants, deemed unrelated to the substance of the text. The LFI deputies and environmentalists, fierce opponents of the atom, had seized the Constitutional Council to challenge the bill, widely adopted in mid-May. The Elders…
