No more “Business as Usual” - Looking Beyond the Constitutional Oppression
Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz
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Verfassungsblog
2020-10-24
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The Polish Constitutional Court (“the Court”), once a proud institution and an effective check on the will of the majority, is now a shell of its former self. It has become a dangerous and unhinged institution that uses the judicial review both as a sword to punish the opponents and to promote the illiberal agenda of the ruling majority. Thursday’s abortion ruling is only the latest example. In these dark days we must always remember the old Constitutional Court and the liberal foundations it had laid for more than twenty years. More crucially, accepting the current constitutional oppression as “business as usual”, will carry the risk of losing the rule of law in Poland for good.
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Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz
Polish Constitutional Court
political justice
Rule of Law
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