http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200224-105226-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/could-there-be-a-rule-of-law-problem-at-the-eu-court-of-justice/ Could there be a Rule of Law Problem at the EU Court of Justice? - The Puzzling Plan to let U.K. Advocate General Sharpston Go After Brexit Halberstam, Daniel eng 2020-02-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Member States’ current plan of replacing the sitting U.K. Advocate General at the Court of Justice Eleanor Sharpston before the end of her six-year term raises a serious question whether doing so may violate the European Treaties. If yes, this would be a troubling intrusion on the independence of the Court and the constitutional structure of the Union – just when the EU should be setting an example for the Member States (both current and former).