Ma Eunhyeok
Ma Eunhyeok | |
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 Ma in 2025 | |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| Assumed office April 9, 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University |
Ma Eunhyeok (Korean: 마은혁) is a South Korean judge. He is currently a justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea.
Biography
Ma obtained a political science degree from Seoul National University. He passed the bar exam in 1997.[1]
In February 2025, the Constitutional Court ruled that the selective appointment of two other justices nominated by the National Assembly to the Constitutional Court, but not Ma was a violation of the National Assembly's rights. The court also ruled that the National Assembly could not mandate Coi Sang-meok to immediately appoint Ma to the court.[2] Ma was started a six-year term to the Constitutional Court on April 9, 2025. Before Ma started his term, the Constitutional Court was short one Justice for six months.[1]
Ma was one of the three nominees for Justice of the Constitutional Court that were endorsed on December 26, 2024, but the acting presidents that followed Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment refused to give more than a 100-day appointment because the membership of the Constitutional Court could affect the impeachment trial of Yoon due to six votes being needed for an impeachment motion.[1][3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 Ye-won, Kim (2025-04-09). "New justice takes office, finally restoring full Constitutional Court bench". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Ji-hyoung, Son. "South Korea's Constitutional Court rules acting president has duty to appoint 9th justice". asianews.network. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Acting president appoints 9th justice to Constitutional Court - The Korea Times". www.koreatimes.co.kr. 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Lee, Haye-ah (December 31, 2024). "(LEAD) Acting President Choi appoints 2 justices to Constitutional Court". Yonhap News. Retrieved June 5, 2026.