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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.
He also defended the reform, stating that the goal was to eliminate corruption and privileges in the judiciary. [10] [12] On 26 August, hundreds of protesters gathered at Mexico City's Angel of Independence to demonstrate against the judicial reform, with no reported incidents. On 29 August, access to the Supreme Court was blocked by protesters.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A highly contested proposal on judicial reform that critics say will hurt Mexico's business climate edged closer to approval when senators late on Sunday backed it at the ...
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 ...
Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a judicial reform that has fueled a court workers' strike, strained relations with the United States and triggered market volatility in Latin America's second ...
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) -A Mexican judge ordered the Lower House of Congress not to discuss controversial judicial reform scheduled to be taken up by lawmakers the first week of September, according ...
The unions that went on strike on Monday represent many of Mexico's 55,000 judicial workers. They say the reform would end merit-based career paths. The reform will be voted on by lawmakers from ...