Federal Constitutional Court: Plenum Nominates Its Own Candidates for Successor to Judge Josef Christ

Judge Josef Christ resigns from the Federal Constitutional Court for reasons of age. Who follows him? Because the parliament has not agreed, the court now makes its own proposals. But a candidate is already out of the race.

The AfD praises the Federal Constitutional Court's move to present its own candidates for the replacement of a judge's post. “We expressly welcome the fact that the nomination was apparently not exclusively made by parties this time and again after a very long time,” AfD legal expert Stephan Brandner told the “World.” In doing so, he was referring to the three candidates proposed by the Constitutional Court to succeed Judge Josef Christ. Accordi…

Who follows Josef Christ at the highest German court? With a separate list of three, the judges bring the Bundestag to Zugzwang.