Editing Politics of Poland (section)

=== Judges ===

Judges are appointed by the president, at the request of the National Council of the Judiciary, for an indefinite period.<ref name="Art. 179 of Constitution">{{cite web |title=Art. 179 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> They cannot belong to political parties or trade unions,<ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 178 sec. 3 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> are independent, and are subject only to the Constitution and statutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 178 sec. 2 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> They are entitled to immunity and personal inviolability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 181 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> Judges are also irremovable <ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 190 sec. 1 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> and their removal from office or suspension requires a court decision.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 180 sec. 2 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> The participation of other citizens in the administration of justice{{huh|date=December 2024}} is defined by law <ref>{{cite web |title=Art. 182 of Constitution |url=https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> and boils down to the application of the system of a lay judge in the first instance in common and military courts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garlicki |first1=Leszek |title=Polskie prawo konstytucyjne |date=2007 |publisher=Liber |isbn=978-83-7206-142-3 |page=346 |edition=11}}</ref>