nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/2c1d5a68af9b57a8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241219s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/2c1d5a68af9b57a8 doi eng 342 23 Lecis Cocco Ortu, Anna Maria Author aut At Risk of Capture? - Tug-of-War over Appointments to the Italian Constitutional Court Lecis Cocco Ortu, Anna Maria Verfassungsblog 2024-12-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On December 21st, the mandates of three judges of the Italian Constitutional Court will expire, creating a total of 4 vacancies. While Parliament is responsible for filling the seats, political parties are far from reaching an agreement on who should get appointed. The majority’s strategic obstruction of the appointment process in combination with Meloni’s assertions that it is up to her political majority to “deal the cards” for these elections raise the specter of the Court’s politicization. While the Italian legal system has several safeguards to preserve the impartiality and effectiveness of its Constitutional Court, these do not immunizes it against practices that could slowly and almost imperceptibly undermine its independence. CC BY-SA 4.0 Italian Constitutional Court Italien Italy Judicial Overhaul Judicial appointment Silvana Sciarra (DE-588)4027833-5 gnd Italien Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/at-risk-of-capture/ raw object