In Poland, Effort To Take Control Of The Courts Inspires Protests
The ruling Law and Justice party has already tipped Poland's system of checks and balances. A new effort has sent protesters to the streets and prompted warnings of possible EU sanctions.
As Poland's ruling party moves to take control of the country's high court, protesters are taking to the streets and European Union officials are warning of the possibility of sanctions.
There is fear, both within and outside of Poland, that a proposed measure would upend an already-weakened system of checks and balances.
The Law and Justice party is conservative, populist, Euro-skeptic and nationalist. Under the leadership of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who to make it far harder for the Constitutional Tribunal to reject laws as unconstitutional. (The tribunal ... but the government, citing the new law, overruled the judges).
