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His previous attempt at this almost led the Constitutional Court to ban the AKP on the ground that it was trying to impose sharia law.

THE reverberations from last month's ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court on the European Union's Lisbon treaty seem to be growing.

Fifteen grand buildings, including a new foreign ministry and a constitutional court, were to be built from scratch.

The constitutional court ruled this week that Mr Somchai's election was at least partly due to vote-buying.

Most striking was the Supreme Constitutional Court, a structure originally designed to keep the rest of the judiciary in check.

But there is no mention of exes, leaving the question up to the Constitutional Court.

On Wednesday, the constitutional court threw out a law introduced by Berlusconi's government giving him immunity from prosecution.

All eyes are going to be on the German constitutional court. . .

But the constitutional court is ready to strike these down.

This principle was enshrined in the Maastricht treaty and has since been rigorously interpreted by the German constitutional court.

Another sensitivity to be addressed is Germany and its troubles with the constitutional court in Karlsruhe.

The ruling of the German constitutional court has raised legislative hurdles, while political hostility is rising.

A beleaguered bank economist trudged to France to defend himself at a symposium chaired by the head of the country's constitutional court.

Before a referendum can be held, the Constitutional Court must review both the text of the law and the procedures by which it was passed.

Worse, the Italian Constitutional Court has ruled that Berlusconi is no longer enjoy full judicial immunity.

Greek bail-out would no doubt face a challenge in Germany's constitutional court.

However, recent developments at the German constitutional court complicate matters.

Otherwise the bill, even if passed by parliament, could be challenged in the constitutional court by anyone claiming to be injured.

Italy 's constitutional court threw out a law giving Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution.

The Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek spent the day Thursday defending his party in a closed session of the Turkish constitutional court.

The German constitutional court gave a ruling that further reduces her political freedom of manoeuvre.

It remains to be seen whether the Constitutional Court will be swayed by this unusual manoeuvre.

One of the few judicial decisions to deal explicitly with intersex conditions came in 1999 from the Constitutional Court of Colombia.

Andreas Vosskuhle, president of the second chamber of the constitutional court, said it was "a very close decision" .

Later this month or early next the Constitutional Court will rule on the validity of a law that would clear Mr Uribe's path.

Guatemala's constitutional court upheld lower-court judgments barring the candidacy in a presidential election next month of Sandra Torres.

Probably because the Constitutional Court is likely to order him to do so anyway in a ruling due next month.

Worryingly, given his feud with the judiciary, judges nominated by him will form a majority in the Constitutional Court by next year.

In practice, the Constitutional Law Committee fulfils the duties of a constitutional court.

And she fears that her country's constitutional court may rule all euro zone bail-outs to be illegal.

Last summer Germany's constitutional court ruled that the EU lacked the democratic legitimacy to push European integration further.

The draft law had to be amended after objections in June from the constitutional court.

After Italy's constitutional court had thwarted his efforts to make himself immune from prosecution, Silvio Berlusconi certainly got mad.

The constitutional court in Brno ruled that the treaty does not violate the constitution.

In Egypt, the Supreme Constitutional Court exercises the power of judicial review.

Finally, Congress may not reduce the salaries of constitutional court judges "during their Continuance in Office. "

This month the constitutional court ruled that the government had erred in setting benefits for the main welfare programme, called Hartz IV.

But by the early afternoon, the Supreme Constitutional Court had thrown down its challenge to Mr. Morsi.

In the third case, it is highly likely that his lawyers will seek to challenge the validity of his indictment in the constitutional court.

Smaller countries and Germany's constitutional court would refuse to endow an ad hoc intergovernmental council.

Several other more minor candidates have filed complaints about the election process with the constitutional court.

The Czech Republic's constitutional court deferred a hearing on the European Union's Lisbon treaty until after this week's EU summit.

Last month's ruling of the Germany's constitutional court strengthened the role of parliament.

A coalition of human-rights organisations has vowed to challenge it in the Constitutional Court.

It worked: his resignation generated enough fuss to force the Constitutional Court to annul Mr Reyes's appointment.

The Turkish Constitutional Court has announced it will hear the closure case against the ruling AK Party.

The constitutional court, he declared, had "in effect, said to the red judges of Milan: 'reopen the manhunt'. "

An act to permit the headscarf in universities was overturned by the constitutional court.

That may explain why some in the government would be relieved if the constitutional court did indeed strike down their new law.

A ruling by Spain's constitutional court watering down an autonomy statute passed by Mr Zapatero has raised passions.

The justices have asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of the constitutional change and thus of the 2006 election.

A Kenyan constitutional court has ruled that Islamic courts are illegal and discriminatory.

The constitutional court's jurisdiction over financial matters has been severely restricted.

The constitutional court has demanded changes to this part of the electoral law by 2011.

The constitutional court has indicated that it will not meet formally until September 10th.

Turkey's ruling AK Party Thursday defended itself in the country's constitutional court against charges it is undermining the secular state.

They can see that, in framing her European policy, Ms Merkel has one eye on public opinion and the other on Germany's constitutional court.

The party is wary in part because its predecessor, the DTP, was banned by the constitutional court in 2009.

Legal challenges have already been laid before Germany's constitutional court.

The country's Constitutional Court is currently considering a case that argues the treaty breach es Czech law.

Some of Mr Zuma's comments about the Constitutional Court have raised eyebrows.

The Constitutional Court is in some people's eyes Germany's most powerful institution.

The constitutional court has banned 18 parties since the 1982 constitution.

The island nation's Constitutional Court approved the handover of power.

Even Germany's constitutional court has raised a red flag to further EU integration.

The constitutional court has demanded changes to the system, but not until 2011.

He also said she intends to appeal to both the appeals court and the constitutional court.

Elections in Thailand are scheduled for November after the country's constitutional court ruled that a vote in April was unconstitutional .

In March the constitutional court ruled it should be.

Today's adjournment may give the constitutional court time to decide.

The government is scheduled to present its case to the constitutional court on Thursday.

Guatemala's Constitutional Court dismissed the attorney- general, Conrado Reyes, after just three weeks in the job.

The little- known judges on Germany's Constitutional Court exert real influence , not only at home but also abroad .

Yet the government has been hesitant, mindful of opposition from both the army and the constitutional court.

The PAD decision came hours after a Thai constitutional court disbanded the three leading parties in the government coalition.

The package proposes, for example, that the president appoint 14 of the constitutional court's 17 members.

The Constitutional Court last year ordered the dissolution of Mr. Thaksin's political party for alleged election violations.

The Constitutional Court in Seoul last year upheld a military ruling that labeled 23 books "subversive" and off limits to soldiers.

Klaus' allies in the Czech upper house have just deposited a complaint about the treaty in the constitutional court.

A new bill also gives the majority party (ie, Fidesz) a decisive say in choosing the constitutional court's judges

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