http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/0c93f27c8902bcd3 https://verfassungsblog.de/whose-coup-polish-constitutional-tribunal-crisis/ Whose Coup? - Restoring the Legality of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Scheppele, Kim Lane Pech, Laurent Kisilowski, Maciej eng 2026-11-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 PiS Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The temporary suspension on 30 October 2026 of the two judges who had usurped the leadership of Poland’s unlawfully composed Constitutional Tribunal produced startling images of a police cordon around the court and a chaotic confrontation with the president of the Republic. Radical-right political movements in Poland and abroad quickly portrayed the intervention as a coup d’état. Legally, however, the intervention marked an important – and necessary - step towards restoring the rule of law.