BERLIN. The legal team of the magazine “Compact” also experienced delays in going to court due to vacation reasons. Unlike YOUNG FREEDOM on Wednesday with reference to the lawyer Gerhard Vierfuß reported the lawyers did not file an urgent request with the Federal Administrative Court yesterday.
In fact, the publisher’s legal representatives only met last night to discuss the procedure. The application against the ban on the right of association by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) will therefore not be received in Leipzig until Thursday at the earliest, it was said.
It is unclear whether the administrative judge will make a ruling this week.
‘Compact’ ban: criticism of Faeser grows
Numerous well-known lawyers from the media and constitutional law had expressed their doubts about whether the ban could be upheld. Now the specialist portal also publishes “Legal Tribune Online“Different opinions from experts who are critical of Faeser’s actions. According to this article, Christoph Gusy from the University of Bielefeld, for example, said that “independent interventions” in press freedom may not be based on the right of association according to Article 5 of the Basic Law.
It is therefore also questionable whether Faeser complies with the law of association Compact could use at all. David Werdermann, an attorney with the Society for Freedom Rights (GFF), explained that unlike association law, legislative power for press law lies not with the federal government, but with the states. And the magazine will likely fall under the press law. (fh)