http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200128-230157-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-trial-that-wasnt-an-impact-that-was/ A Trial that Wasn’t, an Impact that Was Morijn, John eng 2020-01-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 judicial independence Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The handling of the Sadurski cases offers a pars pro toto picture of the dynamics, twists and (sub)plots in a slide to authoritarianism under our very eyes. It speaks for many other similar cases that do not benefit from equally intense coverage. It shows that what is at play in these politically motivated trials is a mixture of obfuscation, an attempt at a long-game strategy facilitated by unlimited resources (paid by the Polish taxpayer) and an expectation that international (scholarly and other) attention spans will break – and support will dwindle accordingly.