Constitutional Court of Romania

Constitutional Court of Romania
Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României
Constitutional Court of Romania; Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României
Established	1948
Location	Bucharest
Composition method	Senate selection (3 members); Chamber of Deputies selection (3 members); President selection (3 members);
Authorized by	Constitution
Appeals to	1992 - 2003: Parliament; 2003 - present: none
Judge term length	9 years
Number of positions	9
Website	http://www.ccr.ro/
President of the Constitutional Court of Romania
Currently	Ioan Vida
Since	2004
Lead position ends	2010
Jurist term ends	2010

The Constitutional Court of Romania (Curtea Constituţională in Romanian) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by the Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution.

It consists of nine members serving nine-year terms which cannot be extended, with three members each appointed by the President, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Three members are renewed every three years, including three in 2007.

According to the Article 144 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court exercises the following powers:

to adjudicate on the constitutionality of laws, before promulgation, upon notification by the President of Romania, by the President of either Chamber of Parliament, by the Government, the Supreme Court of Justice, by a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators, as well as, ex officio, on initiatives to revise the Constitution
to adjudicate on the constitutionality of the Standing Orders of Parliament, upon notification by the President of either Chamber, by a parliamentary group or a number of at least 50 Deputies or at least 25 Senators
to decide on exceptions brought to the Courts of law as to the unconstitutionality of laws and orders
to guard the observance of the procedure for the election of the President of Romania and to confirm the ballot returns
to ascertain the circumstances which justify the interim in the exercise of office of President of Romania, and to report its findings to Parliament and the Government
to give advisory opinion on the proposal to suspend the President of Romania from office
to guard the observance of the procedure for the organization and holding of a referendum, and to confirm its returns
to check on compliance with the conditions for the exercise of the legislative initiative by citizens
to decide on objections of unconstitutionality of a political party