Riot Police Surround Polish Constitutional Court

Riot police surrounded Poland's Constitutional Tribunal on Friday, and nobody agrees who runs the place. A judge says she suspended the tribunal's chief. The tribunal says she has no authority and calls it a coup d'etat. I've seen fewer arguments over a gate that won't latch. Police say they never set foot inside, which is a fine point with the building ringed. Three people were arrested, and President Karol Nawrocki turned his plane around mid-flight and headed home from Senegal, a quicker U-turn than any cow that sees the trailer. Prime Minister Donald Tusk says it was necessary to restore the rule of law. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and riot shields are a poor place to look for the rule of law.