http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/faf6395158a728fb https://verfassungsblog.de/fixing-the-hungarian-bench/ Fixing the Hungarian Bench - Don’t Imitate – Innovate! Kosař, David eng 2026-05-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Baka v. Hungary Democratic Restoration Hungarian Constitutional Court Hungary Ungarn Venice Commission Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Péter Magyar swept away Fidesz and won a constitutional majority. Yet Orbán packed the courts with his people in the meantime. Should Magyar resort to another round of court-packing? First, legitimate court-packing must have a just cause and must be proportional. Second, the proportionality of such reactive court-packing should in general respect the “paired effect”, although a stronger response may sometimes be justified. Finally, Magyar should not aim just for returning to the status quo but should innovate and build a resilient judiciary that enjoys the trust of the Hungarian people.