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There has been some sort of dust-up in Poland. The government fired a couple high level judges? The President rushed back to Poland due to some sort of Constitutional crisis?
When the "Law and Justice" (PiS) party was in power, they did what authoritarian regimes always do as an early step: work around the legal framework and institutions so they can have free reign, including packing the courts to their liking. Changing this has been hard because the President, who is still PiS, has been vetoing attempts to change the makeup of the courts. PM Tusk suspended the chief justice and deputy of the high court - PiS appointees - after they refused to seat a new member approved by Parliament.
