Today, the Polish president put his signature under a law that cripples the Constitutional Court.
Henceforth, descisions can only be made by the Constitutional Court with a 2/3ds majority, instead of what used to be standard 50%+ majority.
Also, 13 out of 15 judges will henceforth need to be present to make valid descisions, instead of what used to be nine.
Combine this with the fact that two weeks ago, 5 judges that served during the previous government have been fired, and replaced with 5 judges who are loyal to the new government's party, and you can see this will cripple the proper functioning of the controlling task that the constitutional court should have in accordance with the Trias Politica. The five new judges will almost always be able to block any controversial descision that the court wants to make. Either by vote, or by abscence.
To top things off, a new term has been added to the law, for passing a verdict. Henceforth, there need to be minimally three months in between a filed request, and a verdict in the matter. This prohibits the Court's judges from acting quickly if needed.
On the bright side, a lot of Polish people are outraged at this course of events, and it is not expected that this sway from the path of the constitutional state will last very long.