Whose Coup?
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.
Authors
- Kim Lane Scheppele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-6713)
- Maciej Kisilowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-6818)
- Laurent Pech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1608-1285)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Central European University (AT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59704/0c93f27c8902bcd3
- Primary Topic
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Type
- preprint