nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20160317-165259 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 160317s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20160317-165259 doi eng 342 23 Starski, Paulina Author aut The Power of the Rule of Law: The Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s Forceful Reaction Starski, Paulina Verfassungsblog 2016-03-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 9th March ‒ just two days before the Venice Commission adopted its opinion on the same matter ‒ the Polish Constitutional Tribunal announced its judgment on the statute of 22nd December 2015 amending the Act on the Constitutional Tribunal. This legislative move resembled nothing less than a constitutional coup d’etat against the Polish judiciary and the constitutional state. Fortunately this assault encountered a forceful reaction of its designated target, the Tribunal itself. With the probably most important and in its substance most extraordinary ruling since its establishment thirty years ago the Court asserts itself as the guardian of the Polish constitution. The Court’s reasoning – widely applauded by legal scholars and practitioners – evidences one central point: The Tribunal proved to be a strong opponent within the power play of Kaczyński and its arsenal of puppets holding key public offices. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Crisis Constitutional Review Polish Constitutional Court Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-power-of-the-rule-of-law-the-polish-constitutional-tribunals-forceful-reaction/ raw object