nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7e6a93227b8fa388 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231013s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7e6a93227b8fa388 doi eng 342 23 Izdebski, Krzysztof Author aut Reviving a Corpse - The Case of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal Izdebski, Krzysztof Verfassungsblog 2023-10-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The political co-optation of the Constitutional Tribunal has eliminated its role in Poland’s checks and balances. The judges, although associated with the ruling party, are conflicted and some of them refuse to rule, the number of proceedings has fallen dramatically, and the Tribunal's authority has all but disappeared. It is not enough now to pick it up, shake it off, straighten it out, and put it back to where it was in 2015. Instead, if the opposition wins the election, it must rebuild an institution that is both an effective constitutional player, capable of checking the government and a trustworthy and reliable avenue for Polish citizens to assert their constitutional complaints.  CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Reform Institutional Reform Poland Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/reviving-a-corpse/ raw object