Corte costituzionale Info
- In operation since 1955, this has the task of ensuring that the laws enacted by parliament do not conflict with the constitution of the Republic, and of settling conflicts between regional and state powers. It is made up of judges and legal experts chosen by parliament and by the President of the Republic. It is based in Rome, in the Palazzo della Consulta (the name of a papal institution), next to the Palazzo del Quirinale. In the media la Consulta is used to mean the Corte Costituzionale.