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Poland's judicial purge another step toward authoritarian democracy

  • Written by Brian Porter-Szücs, Professor of History, University of Michigan
Crowds protesting the forced retirement of judges, in front of Poland's Supreme Court building, WarsawAP/Czarek Sokolowski

Since the elections of 2015, Poland has been ruled by the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, or PiS), a far-right nationalist group that has transformed the country beyond recognition.

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