Juridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara UniversityJuridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara University2542-047X2782-2990Samara National Research University890810.18287/2542-047X-2021-7-1-51-56UnknownConstitutional amendment 2020: from legal technique to legal meaningOsetrovS. A.sergey-lupus@mail.ruSamara National Research University070720217151560507202105072021Copyright © 2021, Osetrov S.A.2021<p style="text-align: justify;">In the article, some features of legal technique of the Law of the Russian Federation on the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation On the improving regulation of certain issues of the organization and functioning of public authorities are observed. The author of the article pays attention to the difficulties of the legal understanding of some new provisions of the Constitution of Russia. In this context, the author concludes, that such constitutional provisions can be clarified by formation of legal positions by the Constitutional Court of Russia and by the adoption of amendments to the current legislation. Besides, in the article attention is paid to the need of rethinking of certain being formed legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Russia in the context of changing powers of public authorities. It is marked, that the forming of legal certainty regime is an urgent guarantee of the warning of the constitutional conflicts.</p>Конституция Российской Федерацииправовые позиции Конституционного Суда Российской Федерацииюридическая техникасистема сдержек и противовесовтолкование Конституции Российской Федерации.Constitution of the Russian Federationlegal positions of the Constitutional Court of Russialegal techniquesystem of checks and balancesinterpretation of Constitution of the Russian Federation.[Sobranie zakonodatel'stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation], 2020, no. 27, Article 4196. Available at: http://www.szrf.ru/szrf/doc.phtml?nb=100&issid=1002020027000&docid=13 [in Russian].][Sobranie zakonodatel'stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation], 2020, no. 11, Article 1416. 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