Judges Resign in Mexico as Constitutional Reform Sparks Tensions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judges Resign in Mexico as Constitutional Reform Sparks Tensions

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Eight of Mexico's 11 Supreme Court justices have resigned, leaving the court with a reduced number of members. The resignations are the result of a constitutional overhaul that requires judges to be elected by popular vote. The reform has sparked tensions between the judiciary and the ruling bloc, with the court's president presenting her resignation and seven other justices following suit. The reduced number of justices could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis, as Congress and the presidency remain at odds with the judiciary over the reform.

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Over 18,000 register to run for Supreme Court seats and federal judges in Mexico’s new system
4 weeks ago

Over 18,000 register to run for Supreme Court seats and federal judges in Mexico’s new system

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Over 18,000 people have registered online to run for Supreme Court seats and federal judgeships in Mexico’s contentious new selection process, officials said Monday. Now, candidates for Supreme Court seats and federal judgeships need only a law degree, a grade point average of 3.2, “five years of professional experience” and five letters of recommendation from neighbors or …

Mexico’s Obrador enacts divisive judicial reforms: What happens next?
3 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s Obrador enacts divisive judicial reforms: What happens next?

Al Jazeera  

Mexico is poised to implement controversial judicial reforms that have divided both the country and its justice system. “There were no known major corruption cases,” Arturo Ramos Sobarzo, the director of the Center for Investigation and Legal Informatics at Mexico City’s Escuela Libre de Derecho, told Al Jazeera. “There’s sufficient people that consider that the judicial system doesn’t work well …

Mexico will amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected
3 months, 1 week ago

Mexico will amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law. Mexico City legislators demonstrate against judicial reform, with signs that read in Spanish “No justice” at the …

Mexico’s Senate passes judicial reform after protesters break into chamber
3 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s Senate passes judicial reform after protesters break into chamber

Al Jazeera  

Controversial overhaul that will see judges elected approved 86-41 after debate interrupted by demonstrators arguing changes threaten judicial independence. Norma Pina, the Supreme Court’s chief justice, said that elected judges could be more vulnerable to pressure from criminals in a country where powerful drug cartels regularly use bribery and intimidation to influence officials. During the Senate debate, hundreds of protesters …

What’s at stake in Mexico’s judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s at stake in Mexico’s judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through an extreme proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — around 7,000 judges — stand for election. Supreme Court justices would require 10 years’ experience, but would also be elected. It would create a judicial disciplinary committee that …

Mexico’s Congress advances a contentious bill to make all judges run for election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico’s Congress advances a contentious bill to make all judges run for election

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The lower house of Mexico’s Congress passed contentious legislation Wednesday that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election. The Centro Pro human rights groups called on the Senate to kill the measure, saying it “affects the life of democracy, endangers human rights and violate Mexico’s international …

Mexico's controversial judicial reform bill advances despite protests
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico's controversial judicial reform bill advances despite protests

NPR  

Mexico's controversial judicial reform bill advances despite protests MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Mexico is one step closer to a historic change in the way the country's judiciary operates. The constitutional fight is heating up on the streets of Mexico, from where NPR's Eyder Peralta joins me now. PERALTA: I mean, it's an open question, but the critics of the reform …

Mexico’s legislature moves ahead with judicial reforms despite protests
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexico’s legislature moves ahead with judicial reforms despite protests

Al Jazeera  

The changes, which would see federal judges elected by popular vote, pass in lower chamber. A judicial overhaul championed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has cleared its first legislative hurdle with Mexico’s lower house passing the reform package despite widespread protests. Wednesday’s vote caps months of promises by Lopez Obrador, widely known by his initials AMLO, to push …

Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to ‘respect democracy’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to ‘respect democracy’

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Protestors took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. In the capital, throngs of people, many of them federal court workers and judges on strike, ended their march …

Mexico is protesting US ambassador’s criticism of proposed judicial overhaul
4 months ago

Mexico is protesting US ambassador’s criticism of proposed judicial overhaul

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Friday it is sending a diplomatic note protesting supposed U.S. interference after the American ambassador openly criticized a proposed Mexican judicial overhaul that would make all judges stand for election. Ambassador Ken Salazar said the proposed changes pose a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy and that they threaten “the historic commercial relationship” between the two countries. …

Mexico lashes out at US ambassador’s comments on proposed judicial reform
4 months ago

Mexico lashes out at US ambassador’s comments on proposed judicial reform

Al Jazeera  

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said that US ambassador Ken Salazar’s comments were disrespectful. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, has criticised the United States for recent comments that framed his proposed judicial overhaul as a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy. The Mexican government also announced it would send a diplomatic note that says the US …

Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election
4 months ago

Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike on Monday over measures that would make all judges stand for election as part of a judicial overhaul proposed by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Argelia Román Mojica, a federal judge who has worked in Mexico’s judiciary for nearly 25 years, was outside a federal court in Mexico …

Opinion: Want to reform the Supreme Court? These strongmen can show a thing or two
4 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Want to reform the Supreme Court? These strongmen can show a thing or two

NPR  

Opinion: Want to reform the Supreme Court? The new charter even included a fail-safe empowering congress, by supermajority, to disbar any high court justice found to have committed “serious offenses.” Human Rights Watch’s Americas director at the time, José Miguel Vivanco, described that initiative as one meant “to enshrine the principle of judicial independence in a new democratic constitution.” Sponsor …

Mexico Supreme Court justice resigns, but not because of criticism over his Taylor Swift fandom
1 year, 1 month ago

Mexico Supreme Court justice resigns, but not because of criticism over his Taylor Swift fandom

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican Supreme Court justice who rose to fame after openly declaring himself a fan of pop star Taylor Swift resigned Tuesday. Instead, Zaldívar said his “cycle had come to end” after 14 years of serving on Mexico’s highest court. In June, Zaldívar wrote in his social media accounts that “There are those who criticize me because …

Mexican high court overturns reforms rushed through Congress
1 year, 7 months ago

Mexican high court overturns reforms rushed through Congress

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during his regularly scheduled morning news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Feb. 28, 2023. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a pair of electoral law reforms favored by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador because Congress rushed them through to a vote without debate, or even time to read them. …

Mexican president lashes out at Supreme Court chief justice
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican president lashes out at Supreme Court chief justice

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president lashed out Wednesday at the chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court, accusing her of promoting rulings favorable to criminal suspects. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments opened a new debate over the separation of powers in Mexico, at a time when the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the president’s controversial cuts to …

Supreme Court's conservatives divided over 'Remain in Mexico' policy
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court's conservatives divided over 'Remain in Mexico' policy

NPR  

Supreme Court's conservatives divided over 'Remain in Mexico' policy Enlarge this image Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images At the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, the conservative justices seemed unusually torn as to whether the Biden administration must continue to enforce the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" program. "You're in a position where the facts have sort of overtaken the law," Chief …

Supreme Court will weigh Biden’s bid to scrap Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court will weigh Biden’s bid to scrap Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

LA Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Biden administration’s appeal of court decisions saying it did not have authority to suspend the “Remain in Mexico” policy. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from President Biden and decide whether he may end the Trump administration’s policy of requiring migrants seeking asylum to wait on the Mexican …

US Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
3 years, 3 months ago

US Supreme Court reinstates Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration says its regrets the court’s decision but will will comply with the order ‘in good faith’. The Supreme Court of the United States has denied President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor that forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the US. With three liberal justices …

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