On the Role and Legitimacy of Supranational Courts in a Member State’s Retransition

On the Role and Legitimacy of Supranational Courts in a Member State’s Retransition Bobek, Michal Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-06-18 eng The last decade has demonstrated what role the Union and in particular the Court of Justice can play in keeping a Member State “within the orbit” of the rule of law. Within that process, the case law of such bodies established numerous red lines as to what practices are not acceptable in a rule of law governed liberal democracy. But will the same red lines now be applicable also to the “good guys”? If yes/no, what will that mean for the legitimacy of those bodies, in particular the European Union? CC BY-SA 4.0 Bobek, Michal Retransition Rule of Law Ungarn bad guys good guys legitimacy supranational courts systemic resets Ungarn 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-role-in-retransition/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/c329fe288e86aa2c 260618 10.59704/c329fe288e86aa2c Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)