nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200128-230157-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200128s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200128-230157-0 doi eng 342 23 Morijn, John Author aut A Trial that Wasn’t, an Impact that Was #WithWoj in Warsaw, Take 2 Morijn, John Verfassungsblog 2020-01-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-trial-that-wasnt-an-impact-that-was/ raw object