Poland's Nationalist Transformation Storms Through Supreme Court
- New law forces as many as 27 of 73 justices into retirement
- Chief judge refuses to leave as EU threatens to withhold funds
Demonstrators in support of the Supreme Court judges in front of the Supreme Court building in Warsaw, on July 3.
Photographer: Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images
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The transformation of Poland by its nationalist government has upended the Supreme Court, capping a third year of a justice-system overhaul that’s created a schism between the country of 38 million people and the European Union.
A law that took effect Wednesday will force as many as 27 of the 73 judges in the Supreme Court system into retirement without a waiver from President Andrzej Duda, sparking protests in major cities.