When Democrats Govern Undemocratically – The Case of Poland
Report of the Hudson Institute on the state of democracy under the Tusk government
February 18, 2025
If KO argues that it must “restore the constitutional order” because PiS-appointed judges in the Constitutional Tribunal are aligned with its views, would that not also require restoring the rule of law in the United States, where judges have been appointed politically since the early years of the republic?
If Polish judges are unfit for office because of their association with a political party, what are we to think about the president of the German Constitutional Court, who was vice-chair of the Christian Democratic Union Caucus in the Bundestag until just before his appointment to the court in 2018?
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