AUSTRIAN TIMES: A Habsburg family member and his daughter-in-law have gone to the Constitutional Court after they were excluded from presidential elections next year.
Ulrich Habsburg-Lothringen, a Green councillor in Wolfsberg, Carinthia, and his daughter-in-law Gabriele Habsburg-Lothringen, want the court to review whether the ban is constitutional.
Austrian election laws prohibit any member of the house of Habsburg or any member of a "ruling house" to become a candidate for the presidency.
The ban dates back to the days of the First Republic, when many people wanted to ensure there would be no restoration of the Habsburg monarchy. >>> Lisa Chapman | Wednesday, September 16, 2009
