Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia (, also the Satversme Court) is an independent court, which was established in 1996 on basis of amendments in law "On Judicial Power" and in the
Constitution of Latvia (Satversme) made in 1994. It acts in accordance with the Constitutional Court Law and the Constitution.
The court is composed of seven judges, elected for a term of ten years, from which a President of the Court and the Vice President is selected. A judge must be at least 40 years of age and resign upon reaching the age of 70. The current President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia since November 2024 is .
The Court meets in a former residential building commissioned by
Emil von Boetticher (1836–1907), the
Burgomaster of Riga from 1881 to 1889, and designed by architect
Friedrich Wilhelm Hess, which is located at
Jura Alunāna iela 1 in
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...
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File:Saeimas priekšsēdētāja tiekas ar Satversmes tiesas tiesnešiem (47846646402).jpg, Judges of the Court during a visit by Speaker of the Saeima
The Speaker of the Saeima (; literal translation, lit. "Chairperson of the Saeima") is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Parliament of Latvia, the Saeima.
If the President of Latvia resigns from office, dies or is removed from off ...
, Ināra Mūrniece (3rd left) in 2019. President of the Court Ineta Ziemele is to the right of her.
File:Saeimas priekšsēdētāja piedalās Latvijas simtgadei un Satversmes pieņemšanas 96.gadadienai veltītajā pasākumā Satversmes tiesā (38471551440).jpg, A Latvia 100 event in 2018 at the courtroom
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
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Rule of law
The essence of the rule of law is that all people and institutions within a Body politic, political body are subject to the same laws. This concept is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law" or "all are equal before the law". Acco ...
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Rule According to Higher Law
The rule according to a higher law is a philosophical concept that no law may be enforced by the government unless it conforms with certain universal principles (written or unwritten) of fairness, morality, and justice. Thus, ''the rule accordin ...
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Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
Latvian constitutional law
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