DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Constitutional Court (TC) has issued a series of rulings reiterating that it is not a venue for reviewing facts, weighing evidence, or reopening closed litigation. The court, now under new leadership, is pushing back against a recurring pattern of legal appeals attempting to use the high court as a “fourth instance” of appeal for ordinary legal matters, Diario Libre reports in its coverage of recent rulings.

In dozens of recent rulings, the TC has insisted that its function is strictly limited to constitutional control and does not extend to the merits of individual cases.

Limits of constitutional jurisdictionIn ruling TC/0489/24, the judges, including Eunisis Vásquez, Miguel A. Valera, and Domingo A. Gil, clarified that cases lack constitutional relevance when the resolution requires the TC to intervene in “matters of ordinary legality” or to “re-evaluate the criteria...