Germany's top court ruled on Thursday that police should only be permitted to secretly install spyware on a suspect's ...

But it is something the German constitution allows and that constitution was shaped by the United States. Our correspondent in Germany looks into how and why this came about.

As prosecutors explain it, the German constitution protects free speech, but not hate speech. And here's where it gets tricky: German law prohibits speech that could incite hatred or is deemed ...

SCHMITZ: This somewhat paradoxical illiberal power is wielded by Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known in German as the Verfassungsschutz. Earlier this month, the ...

SCHMITZ: This somewhat paradoxical illiberal power is wielded by Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known in German as the Verfassungsschutz.

SCHMITZ: This somewhat paradoxical illiberal power is wielded by Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known in German as the Verfassungsschutz.