The Constitutional Court and national security: legal instruments for overcoming challenges

In the current geopolitical situation, the principle of militant democracy becomes the foundation that allows public institutions and society to respond to internal and external threats, maintaining stability and constitutional identity. This article analyses the case law of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and concludes that the Latvian legal system and the Constitutional Court have an important role in protecting national security and democracy. The primary task of constantly assessing the level of threat falls upon the executive power and the legislature. The institutions of judicial power, in turn, which meticulously and with utmost responsibility review the proportionality of the chosen measures with the seriousness of the existing threat, are the Constitutional Court and other courts of Latvia.