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Full text of the court decision (German): https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2021/03/fs20210325_2bvf000120.html https://www.bu

by est31 6y ago

Full text of the court decision (German): https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2021/03/fs20210325_2bvf000120.html https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheid... Shorter press release (German, too): https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2021/bvg21-028.html https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemit... It's a classical application of the "federal law breaks state law" rule, which I think exists in the united states as well.

that_guy_iain 6y ago
I thought it was more "Federal law has already decided this and the state can't be more restrictive than the Federal law"
DangerousPie 6y ago
You mean "federal law trumps state law"?
- est31 6y ago
  Yes. That's probably the analogous name from the english language sphere. In German, the rule is named "Bundesrecht bricht Landesrecht". I made a more direct translation to make it more similar to the original German name. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesrecht_bricht_Landesrecht https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesrecht_bricht_Landesrecht The phrase "Bundesrecht bricht Landesrecht" is even part of the German constitution, as Article 31.
ketzu 6y ago
Basically a note from the press release: There are various categories where the states or federal have the power to enact laws. In this case, it is part of the competing law section: As long as the federal government has not provided a conclusive law on the topic, the states may make their own laws. For renting there is conclusive law, so states are not allowed to make new laws regarding the topic.