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Constitutional Challenges and Choices
The next time Chancellor Merkel and President Obama get together, they could compare notes on their experiences with waiting for an important decision from their respective Supreme Courts. In June, Obama got a lift from his Chief Justice regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This week, Merkel… Read more >
After the Decision is Before the Decision
Professor Russell Miller is a Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University School of Law, as well as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of German Law Journal. Professor Miller has also co-authored an upcoming book with Donald P. Kommers entitled “The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany.” Click her for more information about this forthcoming… Read more >
High Drama in the High Court? ESM and Fiscal Compact in Legal Limbo
For months, policymakers and public alike could only wait with bated breath for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s health care reform law. As they pondered and deliberated the law’s constitutionality, the Court’s justices held Americans in suspense over the future of the polarizing and monumental reform. In the week… Read more >
Spain, Italy, Germany Come to Deal after Euro Summit
Signaling a new direction in Europe’s efforts to stem the sovereign debt crisis, Germany, Spain, Italy, and other euro zone member states reached a deal to recapitalize Spanish banks with European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) funds. Concerned that adding to their debt would burden the state with further increased borrowing costs, Spain… Read more >
