Hans Joachim Jentsch (L-R), President Jutta Limbach and Bertold Sommer, judges of the German Federal Constitutional Court enter the courtroom in Karlsruhe December 5, 2000. The Federal Constitutional Court started hearing a complaint by the Hesse CDU state government against a decision by a court to investigate the 1999 regional election following a CDU (Christian Democratic Party) party funding scandal.

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