Проведено дослідження інституційного місця та ролі Конституційного Суду України (КСУ) в системі органів державної влади. Виявлено відступи від імперативних положень ст. 5 Конституції України щодо порядку зміни конституційного ладу. Негативним чинником позбавлення КСУ інституційної приналежності до судової влади значно обмежено можливості застосування гарантій незалежності та відповідних стандартів щодо судової влади.
Since its founding, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) has been an integral part of the judiciary and has been an integral part of the unified justice system. After the transformations of 2016, which underwent the Basic Law of Ukraine, the institutional position of the CCU in the system of public authorities has acquired a completely new format. And, as it turns out in practice, the legal status of the CCU is quite difficult to define and articulate. One of the major conceptual changes affecting the institutional status of the CCU was the deprivation of its exclusive role as the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The paper reveals deviations from the imperative provisions of Article 5 of the Constitution of Ukraine in matters of the procedure for changing the constitutional order. The negative factor of depr&iving the CCU of its institutional affiliation with the judiciary significantly limits the application of guarantees of independence and relevant standards for the judiciary. The transformation of the CCU from a judicial body into a "political" one, &but with an uncertain constitutional and legal status, opens unlimited opportunities for political "players" to influence the legal positions and independence of both its individual members and the body as a whole. It was found that the transformatio&n of the CCU from a judicial body into a "political" one, but with an uncertain constitutional and legal status, opens unlimited opportunities for political players to influence the legal positions of individual members and the body as a whole. Viola&tion of the foundations of the separation of powers, as the basic algorithm of modern constitutionalism, will inevitably lead to a crisis of public administration and the political system. Therefore, today we need to look for legally correct and bala&nced ways to eliminate this systemic error and restore the legal constitutional order of Ukraine.
