Hoheitliche Kommunikation und wissenschaftliche Wertung

Three administrative court decisions from Berlin deal with problems of judgmental official statements by state authorities. In one case, a state university was prohibited from officially criticizing the scientific opinion of a female scientist on issues of gender diversity. In another case, the Federal Minister of the Interior was prohibited from officially publishing the report of an independent scientific commission on the ministry's website, which contained derogatory statements about a journalist. The review essay analyzes the decisions and discusses how the courts have dealt with official assessments of private statements by state bodies.