New members appointed to the Constitutional Court in Leipzig

The Saxon state parliament appointed new members to the Constitutional Court in Leipzig on Friday. Antje Claudia Dietsch and Till Oliver Rothfuß received the required number of votes as deputy professional judges. Anne Lauber-Rönsberg was elected as a deputy non-professional judge, as the office is officially called. Klaus Schurig was one vote short of being re-elected as a non-professional judge. The decision was then postponed.

Dietsch is a judge at the Federal Court of Justice, Rothfuß works as a judge at the Federal Administrative Court. "I am therefore delighted that the state parliament has decided in favor of three outstanding lawyers today, thereby strengthening constitutional jurisdiction in Saxony as a whole," explained Justice Minister Katja Meier (Greens).

The Constitutional Court is based in Leipzig and consists of five professional judges and four non-professional judges, who are elected by the state parliament by a two-thirds majority for a term of nine years. A deputy is elected for each member. The professional judges perform their duties in the Constitutional Court on a part-time basis, while the others serve in an honorary capacity.