{
  "id": 27901,
  "title": "Newly sworn-in judge of Poland’s constitutional court stages boycott over blocked colleagues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/newly-sworn-in-judge-of-polands-constitutional-court-stages-boycott",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-29T12:46:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Notes from Poland",
    "slug": "notes-from-poland",
    "url": "https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/29/newly-sworn-in-judge-of-polands-constitutional-court-stages-boycott-over-blocked-colleagues/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A newly appointed judge for Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has announced his intention to boycott the court until four other judges, appointed by parliament and blocked by President Karol Nawrocki, are allowed to take their seats. This development comes as part of an ongoing dispute between the opposition-aligned president and the government, which claims the TK is improperly staffed and therefore illegitimate. Nawrocki had previously sworn in Sławomir Patyra, one of the four new judges, on Tuesday, but remains steadfast in his refusal to swear in the remaining three judges.",
  "summary": "Sławomir Patyra says taking part in court proceedings would violate his constitutional oath.",
  "key_points": [
    "Newly appointed judge Sławomir Patyra boycotts Constitutional Tribunal.",
    "President Karol Nawrocki blocks three additional judges appointed by parliament.",
    "Ongoing dispute between opposition-aligned president and government."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}