Skating across thin ice.

(From The Slovak Spectator)

SUPREME Court President Stefan Harabin was very specific in his first meeting with Justice Minister Tomas Borec about what he wants: recall all the judges chosen under new rules instituted by former justice minister Lucia Alitnanska. "Those who were politically-nominated, based on political commissions, have to be recalled," Harabin stated. It was actually Harabin who advanced straight from the post of justice minister under the first government of Robert Fico to become president of the Supreme Court.

Last May presiding judges at 14 Slovak courts were relieved of their duties by Alitnanska to "take action" against court presidents who she …