Last week, the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) issued a long-awaited ruling on Germany’s extraterritorial obligations to protect fundamental rights (2 BvR 508/21). The case concerned the US air base in Ramstein and the US Air Force’s drone missions in […] The post Loyalty Before Legality: German Constitutional Court on the Ramstein Air Base and extraterritorial duties to protect appeared first on Constitutional Discourse.| Constitutional Discourse
As sanctions become a central tool of EU foreign policy, their enforcement has shifted away from courts and into the hands of national Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). These bodies, originally designed to fight financial crime, now freeze assets across borders […]| Constitutional Discourse
The US Court of International Trade (USCIT) ruled against president Trump’s tariff policy executed globally under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 1977 (IEEPA, 1977) marking a watershed moment in the constitutional evolution of presidential authority over imposing tariffs. The […] The post From Nixon to Trump: The Constitutional Limits of Presidential Tariff Authority in Economic Emergencies appeared first on Constitutional Discourse.| Constitutional Discourse
