“The powers of a justice of the Constitutional Court shall cease: 1) upon the expiry of the term of powers; 2) upon his death; 3) upon his resignation; 4) when he is incapable of holding office due to the state of his health; 5) when the Seimas removes him from office in accordance with the procedure for impeachment proceedings.”
The powers of a Constitutional Court justice cease in five cases: on expiry of the term, on death, on resignation, when the justice cannot hold office due to health, and when the Seimas removes the justice through impeachment proceedings.
If a Constitutional Court justice grossly violated the Constitution, only the Seimas could remove them, and only through impeachment; no other institution can do so. Most justices simply leave when their nine-year term ends.
The exam asks who can remove a Constitutional Court justice (the Seimas, by impeachment) and how many grounds for termination exist (five). This article closes Chapter VIII.
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