How the constitutional reform of 2020 changed the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

 
PIIS102694520011399-9-1
DOI10.31857/S102694520011399-9
Publication type Article
Status Published
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Occupation: Professor of the Department of Public Law Disciplines of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Affiliation: National research University Higher school of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameGosudarstvo i pravo
EditionIssue 9
Pages18-32
Abstract

The article is devoted to the constitutional reform of 2020 in the part concerning the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. Reveals the innovations that define its legal nature as the Supreme judicial body of constitutional control, modifying Court authority to review constitutional complaints of citizens, cases of the possibility of execution by the Russian Federation of decisions of the interstate and other such bodies, making them mandatory outcomes in identifying the constitutional and legal meaning of the contested norm. Analyzed provisions of the new powers of the Constitutional Court for preventive control of laws on amendment of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Federal and regional laws, and proposals for further regulation of relations in this sphere from the standpoint of the need to combine the preliminary and subsequent compliance assessment. The article assesses the changes affecting the organizational basis of the Constitutional Court: reduction of its number, appointment of the Chairman of the Court and his Deputy, termination of the powers of constitutional judges, including the named officials, by the Federation Council on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation. In General, it is stated that novels reduce the independence and independence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, and can complicate its activities to exercise constitutional control.

Keywordsthe Constitution of the Russian Federation, amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, constitutional judges, the powers of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
AcknowledgmentWhen writing the article, the legal framework of the "ConsultantPlus" was used.
Received21.06.2020
Publication date29.09.2020
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