Although still in "early view", this contribution remains a vitally important analysis, drawing on the critical work of @petrabard.bsky.social, @profpech.bsky.social, @omershatz.bsky.social, @sarahganty.bsky.social and other wonderful collaborators: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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European judicial and professional networks keep Poland's captured "courts" as members. LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) and OLIVER MADER argue this normalises lawlessness – and that the European Commission should act. verfassungsblog.de/normalising-...

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It took more than 50 preliminary requests for the CJEU to finally call for a new legislative framework to remedy illegal judges. Until such a law is adopted, recusals will be carried out on a case-by-case basis. LAURENT PECH explains this uneasy twofold solution. verfassungsblog.de/polands-ille...

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🚨 Recent rulings by the ECHR and European Court of CJEU have raised concerns about the appointment of “neo-judges” in Poland. Yet one such judge remains a member of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the EU. 🔎Read more: bit.ly/4lj0H5F

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Immunising the Venice Commission against autocratic contamination. ADAM BODNAR and LAURENT PECH (@profpech.bsky.social) on compromised appointments and missing accountability mechanisms in a rule-of-law institution – and why urgent institutional reform is needed. verfassungsblog.de/immunising-t...

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