Former Interior Minister Gerhart Baum, 91, on the special role of the Federal Constitutional Court for German democracy and the art of the complaint.
How protected is Karlsruhe from hostile takeover? This question concerns the republic in view of the growing support for the AfD. There are probably few politicians still alive who know the Federal Constitutional Court as well as the lawyer and former Interior Minister Gerhart Baum. Over the course of his life, he has fought through various complaints in Karlsruhe, including immensely consequential ones relating to the Great Eavesdropping Attack, the Aviation Security Act and data retention.