Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which is the country’s highest court, said on Friday, October 30, that its longest-serving judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska had suspended the court’s president Bogdan Święczkowski. Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who was on his way to a state visit to Senegal, turned back and returned to Poland. A large crowd of protesters gathered in front of the Constitutional Tribunal building in Warsaw in support of Święczkowski. He had been appointed by the previous right-wing government. One of their major election promises of the current ruling coalition was returning Poland to a state of greater judicial independence and depoliticizing the courts following eight years of right-wing rule. After taking power in 2015, a right-wing coalition led by Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość) sought to appoint Constitutional Tribunal judges for seats that had already been filled by the previous administration. Law and Justice was able to fill the court...