Amidst all the misery, some really great news.

"I never imagined I would see fear spread so far and fast in the US." This from the writer who gave us definitive accounts of East Germany and other late state socialist societies in the 1980s.

Fair enough.

That is terrible. So very sorry to hear it.

Coming out in Constitutional Studies early next year, @glexareen.bsky.social. I very much enjoyed reading and thinking about it.

Scotus grants cert in tariff cases.

A bill is being presented to the Victorian Parliament … an in-principle agreement for a treaty with First Nations peoples here. Is there bigger news in the country today?

More strength to your arm! But how does disallowance come into this? Is a legislative instrument involved?

Thé practice is outrageous. I hope this works.

Here is my response to being struck off from the roll of Hong Kong Solicitors, which was made public today in the Hong Kong Government Gazette. (Link to Gazette entry: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/eng...)

The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art

A win, but not exonerated.

An important debate to which this is a very useful contribution, needing more and broader, similarly frank and clear-sighted contributions, responding to experience.

Bizarre, on the face of it.

Looks terrific. And what a great theme, including for time and place!

Tas count over. Lib, ALP, Greens all end with same number of seats as before. Indies Kristie Johnston, Craig Garland, and David O'Byrne are re-elected. All 3 MHAs elected last year for the Jacqui Lambie Network lose their seats, replaced by one Shooters and two indies: George Razay and Peter George

So whats actually happening? How many seats are determined? When will the final result be known?

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. The scheme provides exceptional UK-based early-career researchers with the chance to enhance their research and teaching experience within an academic setting. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/McS8lRk

In her new piece for CS, @cherylas1.bsky.social discusses what we've learned from the increase in external support for #constitution-making processes during the wave of constitution making in the last three decades. Read more at tinyurl.com/48ffs3fr. Read our full issue at tinyurl.com/bdd99zh8!

The ICJ is delivering the climate change Advisory Opinion www.icj-cij.org/multimedia-l...

ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:

Full #Bradfield petition is online www.legislation.gov.au/C2025G00360/...

Here is a statement of correct convention by Anne Twomey from The Veiled Sceptre. "unless he or she requests and is granted a dissolution". Rockliff requested and was granted. His actions were entirely in accordance with convention.

Great!

A genuinely uplifting moment. Sir Alan Bates getting a lovely ovation and a Doctorate Honoris Causa at @exeter.ac.uk Watch from 1'21" lnkd.in/eHXpjBVC

I enjoyed this paper. Kelsen's attempt to map out how democratic self-governance at national level could be brought into harmony with wider frameworks of international governance was admirable - and IMHO is still relevant today. legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/enge...

This is very good: a must read by anyone concerned about the constitutional implications of this case.

We are generally poor at holding governments accountable, and requiring any measure of transparency, for actions relating to external affairs.

‘We don’t want to be climate refugees’: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people

The government has announced that the voting system for mayoral and PCC elections will be changed back to SV. Our Deputy Director, @alanrenwick.bsky.social, said last year that the switch to FPTP in 2022 harmed democracy and called for it to be reversed 👉 constitution-unit.com/2024/05/24/t....

First response in any Google search is now AI generated? With a very specific question in mind, I can get there quicker by putting in 'not AI'. Not used critically, AI can narrow perceptions & dumb down? Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky theconversation.com/does-ai-actu...

Pleased to announce that I'll be leading a new SSHRC- funded project on supreme military command authority and Commanders-in-Chief in a historical and comparative perspective.

A terrific and important speech by Ramaphosa, reflecting the tenor of the BRICS Declaration.

The BRICS Declaration is found here: media.licdn.com/dms/document...

Professor von Bogdandy opened the seminar by introducing a conceptual shift: from defending democracy to building democratic resilience. #ICCAL #Impacto #SIDH #Democracy

#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth Wow. The inter-American court of human rights has advised that countries have a legal obligation to act urgently to protect people alive today and future generations from the impacts of climate change. Its findings apply to the U.S. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And so is there some deal with South Sudan underlying these deportations? In what form? Any quid pro quo?

🔗 verfassungsblog.de/climate-advi... @sabincenter.bsky.social @matigre.bsky.social

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has been asked to issue an advisory opinion on states’ obligations in relation to climate change. NOUWAGNON OLIVIER AFOGO, MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE, ARMANDO ROCHA & MIRIAM COHEN explain why this might be a legal inflection point for the region.

3️⃣ Only 3% support the government's current plan to remove hereditary peers but not limit prime ministerial appointments. Our polling suggests that the public care more about limiting the prime minister's appointment power (78%) than removing hereditary peers (59%).

It is disgraceful. Political parties have a critical public function, whatever their legal character. This kind of self indulgent infighting/manoevring/whatever it is deserves electoral punishment.

Preview of next week's issue! @zalali.bsky.social, Arcioni & Gover, Böckenförde, Gargarella, Hirschl, Suteu, Trochev & Juzgenbayev, Yeh & Chang, & @marie-joellez.bsky.social on state of field. Lady Hale & @cherylas1.bsky.social on judicial and constn'l work, and more! Follow at tinyurl.com/bde5t83x

A new blogpost which considers the role the House of Lords will play in the passage of the Assisted Dying Bill now that it has been approved by the Commons — and asking whether it would be constitutionally improper for the Lords not to approve the Bill. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/20/w...

Debate around the ECHR would be more honest if everyone acknowledged that (i) the Court's 'living tree' interpretative approach was fixed by the early 1990s; (ii) the UK along with every other state kept renewing the optional jurisdiction of the Court while that case-law was developing, until...

Reversing the corporate model would be a plus, if it involved the reversal of over-centralisation and insistence on uniformity across disciplines. A ‘National system’ would not help and might well hinder.

In January, Verfassungsblog was removed from the @doaj.bsky.social. In our view, the reasoning raises questions that go beyond our individual case. We are publishing our appeal as well as DOAJ’s response to foster transparency and to spark a conversation. verfassungsblog.de/verfassungsb...

I agree. I have had a lot to do with @verfassungsblog.de over the years; it is rigorous and performs an important academic function. Happy to vouch for it.

JUDGE BREYER: There is NO rebellion in Los Angeles justifying the federalizing of the California National Guard, the statutory requirement to issue orders though the governor was not followed, and the 10A warns against what the administration is doing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So the starting point isn’t parties or policy platforms. It’s rebuilding epistemic foundations: - Teaching critical thinking early, from K to 12 - Creating civic infrastructure that makes participation real - Designing accountability systems people can actually trust