How Poland’s Parliamentary Speaker Is Quietly (and Unlawfully) Killing the President’s Bills
On Friday, August 21, 2026, Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki posted a video on the X platform devoted to the fate […]
Attack on democratic institutions
Poland’s Government Claims Judges Elected the New Judicial Council — but Admits It Has No Records to Prove It
The dispute over Poland’s National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ) — the constitutional body that selects candidates for judicial office
Who Decides Who Judges in Poland? A Prime Minister’s Signature Becomes a Tool to Block the Courts
On July 28, 2026, a ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw at which acts of appointment to
Judicial Irremovability in Poland: The New Judicial Council Steps Back from Questioning Judges Appointed Since 2018
On July 8, 2026, the Nationwide Association of Judges “Aequitas” announced the content of the reply it had received from
Two Court Defeats in a Week for Poland’s Justice Minister as Supreme Court Defends Judicial Independence
On July 2, 2026, Poland’s Supreme Court overturned the order of Minister of Justice Waldemar Żurek of June 15 immediately
Does the Presidium of Poland’s National Council of the Judiciary Signal an Attempt to Remove Judges in Breach of the Constitution?
On July 1, 2026, a communiqué on the position adopted by the Council’s Presidium the previous day was published on
Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Crisis Deepens: A Disputed New Judge and a Blocked General Assembly
On June 11, 2026, the Sejm – by the votes of 235 members, mainly from the current governing coalition –
Poland’s Ruling Coalition Moves to Purge the National Council of the Judiciary of Opposition-Appointed Members
The new composition of the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ), whose 15 members were elected by the Sejm from
Pressure on the Constitutional Tribunal Continues in an Effort to Admit Persons Who Have Not Taken the Oath Before the President
On March 13, 2026, the Sejm elected 6 persons as judges of the Constitutional Tribunal. Due to certain doubts regarding
The Polish Sejm elected judges to the National Council of the Judiciary – based on provisions that the current governing coalition claimed were inconsistent with the rule of law
On May 15, 2026, the Sejm, with the votes of 235 deputies of the current coalition in power, elected 15
Poland’s Constitutional Crisis Deepens Under Donald Tusk with the Swearing-In of New Constitutional Judges Without the President
Oath as a condition for taking office Today in the Sejm, the newly elected judges of the Constitutional Tribunal were
Unlawful “swearing-in-of-judges” ceremony in the Polish Sejm – How the Tusk government is trying to take control of the Constitutional Tribunal
As we have already written, on March 13, 2026, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland elected 6 people to
Report “How to End the Rule-of-Law Crisis in Poland”
The report Finding a Way Out of Poland’s Rule-of-Law Crisis – Possible Courses of Action and Reform, prepared by the Ordo
Constitutional Tribunal Appointments in Poland: Rule-of-Law Implications of a Flawed Sejm Vote
On March 13, 2026, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland elected 6 individuals to fill 6 vacant judgeships at
An Ambiguous CJEU Ruling on Judges Appointed in Poland After the 2017 Judicial Reform, but…
On March 24, 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered the judgment in Case C‑521/21. The judgment