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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.
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'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 CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved an overhaul of the country's judiciary early on Wednesday that would usher in a new era of elections for all judges, in a vote ...
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 judicial reform overhauling the country's courts, which will allow voters to elect judges, officially took effect on Sunday after the text of the constitutional changes was published in ...
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 ...
The controversial reform, by which judges - including Supreme Court justices - would be elected by popular vote, is a top priority for Lopez Obrador, who argues it will help combat impunity and ...