nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220818-182010-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220818s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220818-182010-0 doi eng 342 23 Szwed, Marcin Author aut Testing judicial independence - On the recent developments in the Polish rule of law crisis Szwed, Marcin Verfassungsblog 2022-08-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Despite the recent abolition of the Disciplinary Chamber, the crisis in the Polish judiciary is still far from resolved. The main reason for this is that the status of judges appointed at the request of the National Council of the Judiciary have not yet been addressed. As a result of the lack of a systemic solution, the problem of irregular judicial appointments must be dealt with by courts in concrete cases. For that purpose, the Supreme Court developed a test aimed at determination of the impact of irregularities in the appointment of judges on the legality of the composition of the court. The most recent amendment to the Act on the Supreme Court introduced a new test and raises serious concerns. CC BY-SA 4.0 conditionality mechanism European Commission judicial independence Poland Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/testing-judicial-independence/ raw object