The ongoing constitutional crisis in Poland is characterized by the arbitrary assignment of competences by state bodies. The good of public affairs requires the existence of a mechanism for the temporary regulation of disputes at issue. The application of interim measures relating to state bodies is a permanent practice of European tribunals and the German Constitutional Court, and is consistent with the rule of law. The Polish Constitutional Tribunal rules on interim measures by applying the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning securing claims. In the concrete control mode, the basis for tribunal rulings should be the provisions on the proceedings before the Constitutional Tribunal. In the abstract control mode, the application of interim measures by the Constitutional Tribunal is justified by a teleological interpretation of the article 188 and 190 (1) of the Constitution.