The Supreme Court of Poland: Tonight's takeover of the court has no legal basis Zbigniew Kapinski, the first president of the Supreme Court in Poland, issued an official statement condemning the takeover of the Constitutional Court "with a voice of anger and resolute opposition. "He calls for the deployment of the police, blocking the vice president of the courts from the building, and the "order" to suspend its leadership "unprecedented in a democratic country governed by the rule of law. ” He breaks down the legal basis of Anna Corvin-Piotruskas' order point by point: The Ordinary Courts Act she cited allows the president of the court to suspend a judge in specific cases. It does not give power to someone else to suspend the President and the Vice President of the Constitutional Court. The rule that allows the longest-serving judge to preside over the court only applies when the president's seat is vacant. It does not allow anyone to oust a sitting president. "Calling an action 'order' cannot legalize an exception or usurpation of powers. " About the police: "In a democratic country governed by the rule of law, the police cannot be a tool for carrying out the political will of those in power today. Otherwise, he warns, the independence of constitutional bodies will be decided "not by law, but by the ability to use coercion." He also warns that silence means consent: "Today the target is the Constitutional Court", but the same precedent could be used tomorrow against any other constitutional body. "State authority is built by respecting the law, not by demonstrating force. " In an interview with Channel Zero, Kapinski put it more bluntly: sending the police to take over the court by force is "undoubtedly a coup d'état. He is the president.