Sometimes, a dissenting opinion turns out to be a prophecy. Arguably, this is true for Judge Lübbe-Wolff’s assessment of the Federal Constitutional Court’s OMT reference: ‘In an effort to secure the rule of law, a court may happen to exceed judicial competence’.1 This warning of judicial overconfidence, addressed to the Federal Constitutional Court’s Senate majority in 2014, easily extends to the Federal Constitutional Court’s PSPP judgment of 5 May 2020.2 In this judgment, for the first time, the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court declared certain acts of EU institutions to be outside the scope of EU powers – ‘ultra vires’. The judgment immediately turned out to be highly controversial both within Germany and outside Germany. The sheer number of – mostly critical – reactions within just four months is stunning. The PSPP case is also a fascinating example of how the legal-academic news cycle operates nowadays.

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越权裁决：解构德国联邦宪法法院 2020 年 5 月 5 日的 PSPP 裁决

有时，反对意见会变成预言。可以说，Lübbe-Wolff 法官对联邦宪法法院 OMT 参考文献的评估是正确的：“为了确保法治，法院可能会碰巧超越司法权限”。 1 这一司法过度自信的警告，针对的是2014 年联邦宪法法院参议院多数席位，轻松延伸至联邦宪法法院 2020 年 5 月 5 日的 PSPP 判决。2 在该判决中，联邦宪​​法法院第二参议院首次宣布欧盟机构的某些行为超出欧盟权力——“越权”。该判决立即在德国境内外引起了极大争议。在短短四个月内，反应的数量之多——主要是关键——令人震惊。