Hears amparo, habeas corpus and the proceso de inconstitucionalidad, which any citizen may bring without showing personal injury. Its entire membership was replaced by the Legislative Assembly on 1 May 2021, a move widely criticised as unconstitutional, and the reconstituted chamber then authorised consecutive presidential re-election.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional chamber
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- San Salvador
- Established
- 1983
- Composition
- Five magistrates of the Supreme Court.
- Appointment
- Elected by the Legislative Assembly for nine-year terms from lists that include a bar-association vote.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically; then the Inter-American system.
Decisions worth knowing
- Inconstitucionalidad 44-20132014
Required proportional representation and open lists in legislative elections.
- Ruling on consecutive re-election2021
Reinterpreted the Constitution to permit a sitting president to seek an immediate second term.
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