“The Constitutional Court shall decide whether the laws and other acts of the Seimas are in conflict with the Constitution, and whether the acts of the President of the Republic and the Government are in conflict with the Constitution or laws. The status of the Constitutional Court and the procedure for the execution of its powers shall be established by the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania.”
The Constitutional Court decides whether laws and other acts of the Seimas conflict with the Constitution, and whether acts of the President and the Government conflict with the Constitution or laws. The Court's status and the procedure for exercising its powers are set by the Law on the Constitutional Court.
If the Seimas passes a law that, for example, restricts the rights of a certain group, the Constitutional Court may rule that it conflicts with the Constitution, after which the law can no longer be applied. Such rulings regularly appear in Lithuanian news.
Remember the distinction: acts of the Seimas are checked only against the Constitution, while acts of the President and the Government are checked against the Constitution or laws. The exam asks which institution decides whether a law conflicts with the Constitution.
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