Separation of constitutional complaint regarding Hessische Verfassungsschutzgesetz and Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz provisions

The German Federal Constitutional Court ordered a procedural separation, transferring all objects of the case except those challenging § 25a of the Hessian Public Safety and Order Act to a new case file, thereby effectively dismissing the current proceedings for the split-off items as no substantive ruling on the merits was issued in this decision. The dispute involved a constitutional complaint challenging multiple provisions of the Hessian Office for the Protection of the Constitution Act and the Hessian Public Safety and Order Act, with the separation triggered by specific objections to § 25a that remained in the original docket. The decisive legal basis for this administrative measure is the court’s inherent power to manage case portfolios and split proceedings when distinct legal issues or procedural postures require separate handling, ensuring that the review of the remaining contested statutory sections proceeds independently from the withdrawn or separated claims.