The two Constitutional Court Justices who renewed their term is Justice Kim Chin-woo and Kim Moon-hee, both affected by PresidentKim Young-sam"Former Justices". Constitutional Court of Korea. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
"Building". Constitutional Court of Korea. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
"Open Hearings". Constitutional Court of Korea. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
Other countries have implemented various contingency systems to prevent the highest court from being paralyzed. For instance, Austrian constitutional court prepares a 'substitute member' in advance to fill an abrupt vacancy. Also, Germany's constitutional court sustains current member's term until the successor is appointed by Section 3, Clause 4 of the Act on the German Federal Constitutional Court (German: Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz). See "Act on the Federal Constitutional Court". Gesetze-im-Internet. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
While rare, a number of cases in South Korea have emerged where the ordinary courts refused to refer matters to the Constitutional Court for constitutional review. In some of these cases, the statutes in question were eventually struck down after being petitioned directly through constitutional complaint. This indicates that the ordinary courts in South Korea remain hesitant to make referrals for constitutional review, even after the country's transition to democracy in 1987. Though infrequent, such cases underscore the significance of constitutional complaints in allowing individuals or groups to directly challenge the constitutionality of laws without the need for a referral from the ordinary courts. See "Yoon, Dae-Kyu. "The Constitutional Court System of Korea: The New Road for Constitutional Adjudication" Journal of Korean Law, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 10-11". Retrieved April 5, 2022.
