ABSTRACT
After the collapse of the totalitarian system, constitutional courts were established in the states of Eastern and Central Europe, including Lithuania, to ensure democratic constitutional stability and prevent the denial of democratic values. The Lithuanian Constitutional Court (LiCC) has successfully performed this historical task for almost three decades. However, there has been a lack of research on its decision-making practice and the differences between the different periods of the LiCC’s activity. The position of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court has gradually strengthened over time. In parallel with this, the Court’s jurisprudence has had a huge influence on the strengthening of democracy in Lithuania and the stability of the constitutional order. Its decisions have sometimes caused controversy, discontent, and dispute, but after some time and after tempers cooled, they were accepted as the undisputed truth. However, this does not mean that the LiCC did not also face challenges due to the country’s political and economic development. Although the LiCC did not experience such drastic restrictions on its powers or activities as its Hungarian or Polish counterparts, it came under intense pressure from the political authorities in times of social upheaval (economic or epidemiological crises).
