Overview
- The Potsdam law professor said Monday her book, “Wahl und Wahrheit,” will be published on September 1 and will recount her failed bid for Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court.
- She argues the 2025 selection became unprecedentedly politicized, with campaigns and SPD–Union infighting leading the coalition to cancel the vote.
- During the dispute, she reported threats and suspicious mail, and she says critics judged her more harshly because she is a woman.
- The publisher says the episode shows how quickly an independent judiciary can become a target for populist agitation in Germany.
- The book promises legal analysis of abortion, party bans, and state–church relations, plus proposals to change judge selection, media practice, and debate culture to protect the court’s independence.