Ann Appelbaum's husband admits the events at Poland's Constitutional Court last night were "not elegant", but claims the only alternative was to accept "Poland's unconstitutional conversion to a presidential republic. Earlier, he described the dispute as "restoring the rule of law" to a court he said had been politicized by the Law and Justice (PiS) government that lost the 2023 election, accusing the president of the courts of repeatedly breaking the law by handling politically sensitive cases.

Ann Appelbaum's husband admits the events at Poland's Constitutional Court last night were "not elegant", but claims the only alternative was to accept "Poland's unconstitutional conversion to a presidential republic. Earlier, he described the dispute as "restoring the rule of law" to a court he said had been politicized by the Law and Justice (PiS) government that lost the 2023 election, accusing the president of the courts of repeatedly breaking the law by handling politically sensitive cases.