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On 5 February 2024, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed a judicial reform, claiming it would root out corruption in the judiciary, which he had previously criticized as being controlled by a minority, complicit in white-collar crime, and influenced by external actors. [2]
The 2024 Mexican judicial reform is a series of constitutional amendments that restructured the judiciary of Mexico. [1] The reform replaced Mexico's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term.
The reform also reduces the number of Supreme Court judges to 9 from 11, cuts back the length of their terms to 12 years, abolishes a minimum age requirement of 35, and halves necessary work ...
In October 2024, Mexico became the only legal system in the world where its judges would be elected by popular vote. [1] Its foundations can be found in Title III, Chapter IV (comprising fourteen articles) of the Constitution of Mexico and the Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress launched into a debate on a controversial judicial reform on Tuesday despite a rare, last-ditch work stoppage by Supreme Court judges in ...
The makeup of the top court would be reduced from 11 to nine judges. Magistrates as well as open judicial positions in Mexico's court system would also be elected over a couple staggered votes.
Mexican judges are raising alarms in the United States over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial reform, which opponents see as a death knell for Mexican democracy. The ...
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