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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.
Workers in the judicial system, civilian groups and university students opposed to the reform have staged multi-day protests around the Senate and in several cities across Mexico, which has the ...
Mexican lawmakers were forced to suspend debate on a controversial judicial reform after protesters broke down the doors of the Senate building and forced their way into the upper house’s ...
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 ...
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'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 ...
Mexico's Supreme Court earlier this month accepted a challenge to the reform, agreeing to rule on whether the reform affects independence of the judiciary and the division of powers.