Polish President Enters Tribunal Standoff
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki entered the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw overnight amid a power struggle after judges suspended its president and deputy.
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Meanwhile, in Poland: the judicial crisis continues.
The president refused to seat a Constitutional Tribunal judge, continuing a tradition of conflict over the judiciary. The previous PiS government (2015-2023) had named over 30% of the judges in violation of norms of expertise and neutrality.
The president refused to seat a Constitutional Tribunal judge, continuing a tradition of conflict over the judiciary. The previous PiS government (2015-2023) had named over 30% of the judges in violation of norms of expertise and neutrality.
Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court
The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.
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October 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Meanwhile, in Poland: the judicial crisis continues.
The president refused to seat a Constitutional Tribunal judge, continuing a tradition of conflict over the judiciary. The previous PiS government (2015-2023) had named over 30% of the judges in violation of norms of expertise and neutrality.
The president refused to seat a Constitutional Tribunal judge, continuing a tradition of conflict over the judiciary. The previous PiS government (2015-2023) had named over 30% of the judges in violation of norms of expertise and neutrality.
Can the Polish government repair the Constitutional captured Court by means that themselves strain legality?
This is militant democracy under test
This is militant democracy under test
October 31, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Can the Polish government repair the Constitutional captured Court by means that themselves strain legality?
This is militant democracy under test
This is militant democracy under test
by Laurent Pech
Additional reminder: Both Polish President & illegal "president" of body masquerading as 🇵🇱 constitutional court have been openly violating interim order issued by the European Court of Human Rights last May
notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/06/e...
notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/06/e...
European court orders Polish Constitutional Tribunal to accept judges rejected by president
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October 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Additional reminder: Both Polish President & illegal "president" of body masquerading as 🇵🇱 constitutional court have been openly violating interim order issued by the European Court of Human Rights last May
notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/06/e...
notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/06/e...
by Laurent Pech
🇵🇱 Supreme Administrative Court in 2022: “the presence of incorrectly appointed judges ... means that the whole of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has been “infected” with illegality, and has therefore lost, in a material sense, its ability to adjudicate in accordance with the law”
October 31, 2026 at 10:58 AM
🇵🇱 Supreme Administrative Court in 2022: “the presence of incorrectly appointed judges ... means that the whole of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal has been “infected” with illegality, and has therefore lost, in a material sense, its ability to adjudicate in accordance with the law”
Tonight Polish PM Donald Tusk has finally insisted on 5 supreme judges legally elected by the Sejm take their seats, although anti-legal PiS president Nawrocki refused to swear them in.
The EU & its courts are fully behind Tusk.
Trump prefers Nawrocki (& illegality).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The EU & its courts are fully behind Tusk.
Trump prefers Nawrocki (& illegality).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court
The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.
www.bbc.com
October 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Tonight Polish PM Donald Tusk has finally insisted on 5 supreme judges legally elected by the Sejm take their seats, although anti-legal PiS president Nawrocki refused to swear them in.
The EU & its courts are fully behind Tusk.
Trump prefers Nawrocki (& illegality).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The EU & its courts are fully behind Tusk.
Trump prefers Nawrocki (& illegality).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
by Laurent Pech
Happy rewriting 😬
Any diagnosis/solution should start with the correct premise: We are not dealing with a court but a body pretending to be one and controlled by individuals in violation of Polish/EU/ECHR law
Any diagnosis/solution should start with the correct premise: We are not dealing with a court but a body pretending to be one and controlled by individuals in violation of Polish/EU/ECHR law
October 31, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Happy rewriting 😬
Any diagnosis/solution should start with the correct premise: We are not dealing with a court but a body pretending to be one and controlled by individuals in violation of Polish/EU/ECHR law
Any diagnosis/solution should start with the correct premise: We are not dealing with a court but a body pretending to be one and controlled by individuals in violation of Polish/EU/ECHR law
by Laurent Pech
Also, 🇵🇱 (Un)Constitutional Court is no longer a court so most media coverage legally misguided as coverage reflects wrong premise that we're dealing with a lawful body when it's just a 🦘body with a long history of illegal, not to say criminal, actions since 2016
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
October 31, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Also, 🇵🇱 (Un)Constitutional Court is no longer a court so most media coverage legally misguided as coverage reflects wrong premise that we're dealing with a lawful body when it's just a 🦘body with a long history of illegal, not to say criminal, actions since 2016
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...
verfassungsblog.de/commission-v...