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Grest post for German speaking international lawyers in connection with academic freedom and the weaponised antisemitism label.

Today at UCL Laws, a book discussion of Richard Moon's book on the freedom of expression with commentary on the regulation of social media by UCL experts Bernard Keenan and Orla Lynskey! Sign up to attend in person or online.

Is there ANYTHING that Trump has done in the last 40 days - inside the US, or with Canada + Germany to Ukraine - that is not EXACTLY what Putin wanted? Could the Russian intelligence services have ever dreamt of a more perfect candidate and policies to serve Russia’s interests?

Spot on.

Happy International Women's day from Rosa Luxemburg and me ✊❤️

The Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism at UCL Laws welcomes applications for three research fellow positions (post-doc expected), one for a candidate with advanced quants training and the others a more conventional law/politics focus. Outstanding opportunities.

We're hiring an early career research fellow at the YTL Centre for Philosophy, Politics, & Law! It's a one-year, research-only position. If you're a recent PhD working in legal &/or political philosophy, consider applying! 📅 Deadline: March 30 philjobs.org/job/show/28866

Seminar today on democratic backsliding in Israel (and the US) with Prof Margit Cohn (Hebrew University), as part of the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism's Sidney seminars series - in hybrid - all invited - discussion firmly kept on topic: ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

The irony with the responses to Rory Stewart here will be that Stewart cut his political teeth in a theatre of war, Iraq, and then traversed the Middle East on foot, while neither Musk nor his defenders have probably ever seen real brutality up close.

How not to respect the rule of law - this is among the worst judicial appointments systems in a world of shameless corporate vote buying. Wisconsin supreme court race a litmus test for Elon Musk’s political power theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

An irresistible farce meets an implacable object. Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court bbc.com/news/articles/…

NSA chief fired for 'Disloyalty to Trump'. Seems this administration can't even see the separation of the leader's personality from that of the state, something in common understanding since medieval times 'dominium politicum et regale'. bbc.com/news/articles/…

NEW 🧵 A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far: 1) Trump has had the same impact on economic uncertainty as a global pandemic.

International peace and security handled like an M&A deal. US will 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon bbc.com/news/articles/…

Next Tuesday we’ll host Prof. Simone Chambers to discuss her chapter “Deliberation” from "The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory" (ed. by Richard Bellamy & Jeff King), at Dret UPF in our seminar coordinated with roberto gargarella & José Luis Martí! Don’t miss it!