Based on the experiences of 15 years of autocratization in my home country, Hungary by the Orbán government it has been a pleasure to join this amicus brief signed by leading scholars in the case United States v. Comey before the Eastern District of Virginia. statesunited.org/comey-amicus

As our symposium concludes, we reflect on Poland’s efforts to restore the #ruleoflaw under the new government - a journey of bold reforms and difficult compromises. Our final blogs by 📝@annawojcik.bsky.social , @kimlanelaw.bsky.social and @gabor-halmai51.bsky.social - explore critical themes 👇

This piece is about the big (?) and the small Orbáns’ two-front political, ideological culture war against Hungarian academic freedom and at the same time against those, already humiliated ‘authoritarian’ liberal academics, who allegedly threaten that non-existant freedom.

11. There are many grifters around, but there are thousands of principled and smart people out there too. Listen less to the loudest and most prominent voices (including me), and more to the marginal(ized) ones. I feel 100% certain that liberal democracy will prevail… just not sure when. #TheEnd