nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/0c93f27c8902bcd3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 261102s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/0c93f27c8902bcd3 doi eng 342 23 Scheppele, Kim Lane Author aut Whose Coup? - Restoring the Legality of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal Scheppele, Kim Lane Verfassungsblog 2026-11-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 PiS Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Pech, Laurent Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-1608-1285 Kisilowski, Maciej Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-9390-6818 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/whose-coup-polish-constitutional-tribunal-crisis/ raw object