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#RuleofLaw backsliding in Poland: Have been catching up with recent development & here is a quick thread/update on a seriously deteriorating situation
cc @Verfassungsblog
Background: verfassungsblog.de/1095-days-late…
cc @Verfassungsblog
Background: verfassungsblog.de/1095-days-late…
1/ Evidence gathered by @oko_press strongly suggests MoJ official(s) and/or NCJ member(s) are behind leaks of judges’ personal data to anonymous Twitter account which has been bullying, slandering & insulting pro-rule of law judges these past few weeks:
oko.press/dokumenty-doty…
oko.press/dokumenty-doty…
2/ Worth noting: the anonymous troll appears to be sometimes getting documents or correspondence before the relevant judges themselves
3/ Poland’s unconstitutionally captured “Constitutional Tribunal” (quotation marks required as it is no longer a court) has been asked to come to rescue of unconstitutionally established ENJC-suspended “National Council for the Judiciary”: wyborcza.pl/7,75398,245184…
4/ Why such a desperate attempt: apparently aim is to present @EUCourtPress with a fait accompli before ECJ reviews compatibility of Poland's autocratic new disciplinary regime in light of Art 19(1) TEU. See @PatrykWachowiec for all you need to know:
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec 5/ And on sad destruction of Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s standing and functioning by current ruling party and its little helpers, see this excellent @Verfassungsblog post by Prof Koncewicz: verfassungsblog.de/from-constitut… 
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog 6/ When not busy initiating kangaroo arbitrary proceedings - see eg this insane recent example: - Poland's ruling party and its little helpers are increasingly targeting what they perceive to be most influential critics
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog 7/ Exhibit A: civil action brought by what has become de facto ruling party’s TV station against Polish Commissioner for Human Rights in his *personal* capacity for a statement made in his professional capacity:
#RoadtoDictatorship
#RoadtoDictatorship
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog 8/ Exhibit B: the multiple legal actions initiated against Prof @WojSadurski. On this see the expert analysis of Professors von Bogdandy and Spieker in this must-read @Verfassungsblog post: verfassungsblog.de/countering-the…
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog @WojSadurski 9/ Incredibly one of these actions is a *disciplinary* action brought by a person appointed on basis of highly questionable procedure to new kangaroo disciplinary chamber within the Sup Court. More on this ‘reform’: verfassungsblog.de/1095-days-late…
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog @WojSadurski 10/ Speaking of disciplinary proceedings against academics, sociology professor also appears to be subject to disciplinary proceedings for criticising the ruling party’s TV. His Uni appears unfamiliar with free speech/academic freedom standards
@EUCourtPress @PatrykWachowiec @Verfassungsblog @WojSadurski 11/ Not that any further evidence was required but the above fully confirms the accuracy of the diagnosis @PatrykWachowiec & yours truly offered here: verfassungsblog.de/1095-days-late…
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