Karlsruhe in a state of emergency: The Second Senate announces a far-reaching decision
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The Federal Constitutional Court is under massive security precautions due to an impending ruling. The judges of the Second Senate previously received death threats.
It is ten o'clock in the morning, on a Tuesday in September 2028. Federal police drones are circling over the city, television broadcast vans are jammed in the castle park, Karlsruhe resembles a fortress. The Republic has been looking forward to this day for months.
The heavy double-leaf door opens, a magistrate steps out and calls out in a firm voice: “The Federal Constitutional Court.” Then the five judges of the Second Senate appear in their red robes, led by Vice President Ann-Katrin Kaufhold. They have all been under police protection for months, there have been death threats, and their home addresses have been posted online. Their faces are serious. This is the most momentous ruling the court has ever had to announce.

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