Why Mexico's major judicial reform matters - NPR
Sep 10, 2024 · The proposed reforms have led judges and other judicial staff to strike and protest, in what’s become one of Mexico’s biggest constitutional debates in years. Here are the main things to ...
Mexico’s Contentious Judiciary Overhaul Becomes Law
Sep 15, 2024 · Mexico passed into law on Sunday a constitutional amendment remaking its entire judiciary, marking the most far-reaching overhaul of a country’s court system ever carried out by a major...
Mexico Supreme Court rejects last-ditch effort to limit judicial ...
Nov 6, 2024 · Updated 5:35 PM PST, November 5, 2024. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court dismissed a proposal Tuesday to reduce the scope of a contentious judicial overhaul making all judges stand for election. The failed effort would have required only Supreme Court justices to compete in elections instead of all of the country’s judges as ...
Mexico Supreme Court keeps intact most of ruling party's judicial reform
Nov 5, 2024 · Item 1 of 2 People react outside Mexico's supreme court that fell short of the vote required to invalidate part of a controversial judicial reform passed by Congress in September in Mexico City ...
Explainer: Senate approves Mexico's controversial judicial reform…
MEXICO CITY, Sept 11 (Reuters) - 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...
Mexico's sweeping judicial overhaul formally takes effect
Sep 16, 2024 · 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...
Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after ...
Sep 12, 2024 · Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber. Protesters attempt to break into a room in the Senate as lawmakers weigh the government’s proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
Mexico Is Split on Judicial Overhaul as Plan Inches Toward …
Sep 12, 2024 · Mexico Is Split on Plan to Elect Judges. Even as a sweeping proposal to elect nearly 7,000 judges inches toward law, some Mexicans have protested it. Others welcomed the chance to vote in...
Last Crusade of Mexico’s President: A Drastic Redesign of the …
Aug 28, 2024 · The judiciary rift in Mexico is the latest flashpoint in Mr. López Obrador’s tenure during which he has pushed for sweeping change that he argues will enhance governance, but critics warn...
Why Mexico’s judicial reform is raising alarms about its …
Sep 4, 2024 · The Biden administration, legal scholars and business groups warn that the reform could undermine Mexico’s young democracy and damage its economic partnership with the United States.