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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. It reduces the ...
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 plan was then supported by his successor, Claudia ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Mexico's lower house of Congress approved in general terms a sweeping judicial reform in a committee vote late on Monday, paving the way for a final debate when ...
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 ...
Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the ...
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.
A bipartisan Senate group is raising red flags over Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed constitutional reform package, which seeks to upend the country’s judiciary and ...
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 ...