Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky

Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky

@profkochenov.bsky.social

Citizenship / Justice / Rule of Law author of "Citizenship" MIT Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537797/citizenship/ 🇭🇺🇦🇹🇪🇺CEU Democracy Institute https://people.ceu.edu/dimitry-vladimirovich_kochenov

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Wouter
@wvanparys.bsky.social

'It is through citizenship discourses that anti-personhood becomes legal, and rights are not attributed to people due to their status as people, but as subjects of objectification and exclusion.'

Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky@profkochenov.bsky.social

@suryaroy.bsky.social & I push back against widespread misreading of Arendt's "Right to have rights", showcasing quite a different meaning of the concept in her work and in real life: Citizenship is a powerful anti-rights instrument papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @globalcit.bsky.social

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Tom Theuns
@tomtheuns.bsky.social

Just out! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘜 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 #openaccess in Democratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Attila Mráz and I study the legitimacy of individual actors like MEPs taking militant (prima facile anti-democratic)actions to respond to anti-democratic threats.

tandfonline.comIndividual militant democracy in EU institutionsThe literature on whether militant democracy can be used to justify EU sanctions against Member States due to their democratic backsliding has so far focused on EU institutions and Member States as...

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Jakub Jaraczewski
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social

Replying to @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social

Congratulations to colleagues at @ceudeminst.bsky.social on meeting the rather shocking deadline of 4 (four) days given by the Hungarian parliament to submit their comments on the draft bill. Suffice to say, such a rush is bewildering, even given the extraordinary aims of the amendment. 20/

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Jakub Jaraczewski
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social

🇭🇺⚖️🗳️The proposals to amend the Constitution of Hungary by TISZA have been tabled, and they go much beyond a rule of law restoration process, in places being more of a rule of law decapitation process. Translation by Deepl, so usual caveats apply (no, we Slavs don't understand Hungarian). Thread! 1/

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Jakub Jaraczewski
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

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MIT Press
@mitpress.bsky.social

"We all say we have certain values, but then there is an asterisk: It doesn’t apply to the majority of humans, certainly not those who do not have the right color of passport, which our society has chosen." A timely Q&A with @profkochenov.bsky.social:

thereader.mitpress.mit.eduIs Citizenship a ‘Blood Aristocracy’ in Disguise?Why the passport you inherit can determine your place — and potential — in a hierarchy of global inequality.

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦
@profpech.bsky.social

Another (pending) preliminary ruling request originating from a Polish court (Case C-159/25) raising important rule of law issues: www.courthousenews.com/judge-swaps-... Includes comments by @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social, @profkochenov.bsky.social and yours truly

courthousenews.comJudge swaps under scrutiny in Warsaw as EU adviser calls for clear rulesA quiet case reshuffle in Warsaw courts is now under EU scrutiny, with an adviser warning that judges can’t lose cases without clear rules, transparency and a real explanation.
Dimitry Kochenov Yaroslavsky
@profkochenov.bsky.social

Indeed, an honour to comment on such a significant AG Opinion in such a stellar company! Also @profpech.bsky.social: crème de la crème of @ceudeminst.bsky.social ‼️What we all have to say is quite clear❗️

Jakub Jaraczewski@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social

🇭🇺⚖️🇪🇺 Some words of mine - in absolutely stellar company of i.a. @profpech.bsky.social @profkochenov.bsky.social on yesterday's AG Kokott's opinion in the Commission vs Hungary case regarding the Hungarian Sovereignty Protection Office. www.courthousenews.com/hungarys-for...

courthousenews.comHungary’s foreign interference law draws EU adviser flag on chilling speechThe central European nation's attempt to police media and NGOs could backfire, after a legal expert told the bloc's top court a new office risks overreach and breaching core freedoms.

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Cato Institute
@cato.org

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3