National
Constitutional Court
- Italian: Corte costituzionale
Governs Italy
Official website (cortecostituzionale.it) Report a problem with this page
Source: quirinale.it, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Constitutional Court
Chosen by the Constitutional Court from among its members
- Giovanni Amoroso since January 2025
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15 judges of the Constitutional Court
Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Constitutional Court quirinale.it · checked
- Giovanni Amoroso as President of the Constitutional Court governo.it · checked
- Judge of the Constitutional Court quirinale.it · checked
What it can do
- Review constitutionality of laws
The Court rules on disputes about the constitutionality of laws and acts having force of law of the State and the Regions (Constitution Art. 134).
- Resolve conflicts of powers; try the President
The Court rules on conflicts of competence between State powers, between State and Regions and between Regions, and on charges against the President of the Republic (Constitution Art. 134); it also judges the admissibility of abrogative referendums (Art. 75).
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Sources for what it can do
- Review constitutionality of laws quirinale.it · checked
- Resolve conflicts of powers; try the President quirinale.it · checked
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked Presidenza della Repubblica, Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana (text in force), read 2026-10-12: existence, structure and names of the national authorities. Websites from each body's own site. For: Constitutional Court
- governo.it · checked Italian names of bodies and ministerial offices from governo.it, camera.it, senato.it and the Costituzione, read 2026-10-12. For: Constitutional Court in Italian
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana, article cited in each power, read 2026-10-12. For: Review constitutionality of laws, Resolve conflicts of powers; try the President
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral law), read 2026-10-12: offices, seat counts and selection methods. Ministerial portfolios from https://www.governo.it/it/ministri-e-sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12. For: President of the Constitutional Court, Judge of the Constitutional Court
- governo.it · checked Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Ministri e sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12: current ministers (after the March-April 2026 departures of Santanche, Tourism now Mazzi). Start dates from Wikidata P580 (2022-10-22 Meloni government; Giuli 2024-09-06; Mazzi 2026-04-03), not from the official site. Mattarella 2022-02-03 and Amoroso 2025-01-21 from Quirinale / Corte costituzionale press release https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/documenti/comunicatistampa/CC_CS_20250121110918.pdf. Presidents of the Chambers: Wikidata (Fontana 2022-10-14; La Russa 2022-10-13, not re-verified against an official page). Fallback: Wikidata, because senato.it and cortecostituzionale.it served 403/404 to automated fetchers. For: Giovanni Amoroso as President of the Constitutional Court
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