Abstract
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has been in existence for 22 years. During that time, the three Presidents of the Czech Republic have nominated 61 candidates for the position of Judge of the Constitutional Court.
However, ensuing debates and arguments held during different terms of the Senate (during 1993 and 1994 of the Chamber of Deputies), only 41 of those 61 went on to be appointed to the post of Judge of the Constitutional Court. The aim of this article is to summarise the reasons that turned out to be decisive for the approval of the individual candidates.
This enables us to test the extent to which the result of the appointment process of the constitutional judges reflects the vector sum of the political forces influencing the approval of candidates, as well as the emphasis put on the expertise and professional demeanour of the prospective constitutional judge.