In 2025, Slovakia has been making negative headlines in rule of law news. Besides deterioration in global indices triggered by executive actions, the Slovak Constitutional Court offered limited hope after it had largely endorsed the illiberal amendments to the criminal legal system the year before. These changes—enacted in an accelerated legislative proceedings—radically decreased statutes of limitations and sentencing period for several criminal acts, despite the lack of justification for proceeding in such a rush and the evidenced adverse social consequences of the amendment. Furthermore, the amendments abolished the Special Prosecution Office which was responsible, among others, for prosecuting elite corruption. In its final judgment, the Court showed inclinations towards rule of law minimalism, upholding all but the most blatant violations.