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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20170112-091523 https://verfassungsblog.de/polands-constitutional-tribunal-under-pis-control-descends-into-legal-chaos/ Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal under PiS control descends into legal chaos Matczak, Marcin eng 2017-01-11 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Immediately after the governing Law and Justice party in Poland established its control over the Constitutional Tribunal, the court has plunged into a whole number of legal imbroglios undermining its authority and calling into question the legality of its verdicts. The new President's nomination is contested even by a supposed ally, and the remaining "old" judges seem to have adopted a strategy of passive resistance. This is probably what Law and Justice wanted to achieve: it is much easier to govern without a strong constitutional court.