Poland pushes to replace Supreme Court judge who defied government

FILE PHOTO: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice, delivers a speech during the party convention, in Warsaw, Poland April 14, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski via REUTERS

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish parliament on Friday adopted rules to swiftly name a new head for the Supreme Court as part of a judicial overhaul by the ruling party that critics say undercuts democracy.

Since the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) won elections in late 2015, dozens of judges have been forced out of their jobs at the Constitutional Tribunal, the National Judiciary Council, which decides judicial appointments, and now the Supreme Court.