Hey fellow Ivy Leaguers! You're not going to believe the drama unfolding in the Union Congress. The Speaker Stanisław Małachowski kicked things off with some real talk about the struggle to pass the Cardinal Laws. Those are the big-time rules that our ancestors wanted, gathered into one place. He's worried that folks are dragging their feet and that foreign affairs are distracting us. He’s like, “C'mon, we got no government here, let’s wrap this up.”

Then this Catholic bigshot from Ukraine-Russia, Metropolitan Tadeusz Rostocki, took an oath. The dude's got a serious VIP vibe now.

Ignacy Wybranowski from West Poland spoke his heart out, pushing for love for Homeland as our motto. He really wants this cleric, Sadkowski, punished for corruption. He's burning up 70,000 in public funds while Third Estate folks are scraping pennies. Wybranowski is like, “Let’s deal with this now, so we don’t let a ticking time bomb out after Congress wraps up.”

The debate is getting spicy over this Cardinal Laws thing. Some reps want more clarity, and they're not happy about delaying decisions that impact the nation. There's a subplot involving this Latvian county, Piltyń, with a confusing history about whether it should be part of Poland-Ukraine or separate. Then there's this bit about the Latvian province – should it be independent or part of the Union? These guys are really tangled up in old contracts and what-ifs.

Here's where it gets juicy: Stanisław Kublicki, this Latvian rep, is pressing that Union laws should be crystal clear and brief. Nobody wants a mile-long text, right? And they really need to figure out whether local councils should have a say or if it's just Congress calling the shots.

Highlight of the day: Rep Michał Brzostowski from Lithuania-Belarus threw shade saying some people are worrying over nothing, stirring panic where there's none. Classic political theatre.

They ended up reading this sixth article from the Cardinal Laws, which confirms that Poland-Ukraine and Lithuania-Belarus, plus all the provinces and states inside, are free and answer to nobody (imagine if states had that much power today). The plot twist? They made it clear it’s built on the power of Polish-Ukrainian and Lithuanian-Belarusian nobles.

After all the back-and-forth, they finally agreed on something, and the session was closed until tomorrow morning.

Topics: Sejm Session; Discussion of the Cardinal Laws; Internal and External Affairs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Government Reform Issue; Punishing and Justice for Adam Wodz and Archimandrite Sadkowski; Oath of Senator Tadeusz Rostocki; Duchy of Courland and Piltene District; Deputy Report on Rebels; Comments on Articles V and VI of the Cardinal Laws; Privileges of the Nobility.;

Referral of the Case Involving Bonawentura Klityński

In today's session, Congress referred the case against Bonawentura Klityński, accused of forging a Constitution document, to the local Warsaw county court. The charges, previously deliberated extrajudicially, will now follow standard legal procedures, with an option for an appeal to the Lublin tribunal. This shifts the matter from the expedited path, typically reserved for the Houses of Congress, into the regular judiciary system, ensuring due process and adherence to the legal timetable already established at the congressional level.

Topics: Referral of case; Bonawentura Klityński; forging of a document; Sejm courts; Warsaw castellan court; court dates; extracadentia; appeal; Lublin tribunal; prisoners register;