Constitutional Court of Romania

Constitutional Court of Romania Curtea Constituţionalǎ a României
Established	1992
Location	Palace of the Parliament, 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	Valer Dorneanu
Since	2016
Lead position ends	2019
Jurist term ends	2022

The Constitutional Court of Romania (Romanian: Curtea Constituţională a României) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by 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, with the latest renewal occurring in 2016.

Powers

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

Members

Current structure

Appointer	Name (Office)	Term start	Term end
Senate	Mona Pivniceru	2013	2022
	Marian Enache	2016	2025
	Simona-Maya Teodoroiu	2015	2019
Chamber of Deputies	Valer Dorneanu (President)	2013 (2016)	2022 (2019)
	Attila Varga	2016	2025
	Ştefan Minea	2010	2019
President	Daniel Morar	2013	2022
	Livia Stanciu	2016	2025
	Petre Lăzăroiu	2010	2019

History

Since it was created in 1992, the Constitutional Court had the following composition.

See also

• Judiciary of Romania
• High Court of Cassation and Justice
• Rule of law
• Rule According to Higher Law

References

External links

• Official website