(S+) Susanne Baer: "Nothing Is More Dangerous than Weak Judges, because They Become Ideological Judges"

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The drama about Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf, hate on the net: What needs to be better for Germany's top judges? And what is going on behind the scenes in Karlsruhe? Ex-constitutional judge Susanne Baer on political culture and difficult cases.

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In light of the ongoing vacancy for several vacancies at the Federal Constitutional Court, Berlin constitutional lawyer and former Federal Constitutional Court judge Susanne Baer recommended electing people "who have the courage, expertise, and willpower to fill such a major office." "Nothing is more dangerous than weak judges, because they become ideological judges," Baer told "Spiegel." In any case, in her experience, party color disappears im…