US Edition8 of 11 members of Mexico’s Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul
- Eight justices of Mexico's Supreme Court have resigned rather than stand for election under a controversial judicial overhaul passed last month.
- Congress' lower chamber passed a constitutional change protecting judicial reforms from legal challenges, increasing tensions with the United States and Canada.
- Former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated that the reforms aimed to clean up a 'rotten' judiciary serving elite interests.
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8 of 11 Mexican Supreme Court Judges Resign After Constitutional Overhauls
Eight of the Mexican Supreme Court’s 11 justices submitted their resignations in protest of a recent overhaul of the nation’s Constitution. The constitutional reform mandates that judges must now be elected by popular vote. One of the overhauls stipulates that in order for a judge to maintain their pension if they choose not to participate in the upcoming June elections, they must resign. So, eight of them did just that so they wouldn’t have to …
Mexican Supreme Court Judges Resign in Compliance With Judicial Reform - teleSUR English
Currently, the electoral process marking a change in the Supreme Court is taking place amid debates over judicial independence. On Wednesday, Norma Piña, President of the Mexican Supreme Court, along with seven other justices, submitted their resignations, which she described as aligning with the judicial reform. RELATED: Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaums Confirms the Sending of Technical Help to Overcome Cuban Energy Crisis “This resignation does n…
Mexico. Eight ministers of the Supreme Court of Mexico resigned from office this Wednesday, as a result of a controversial constitutional reform. The measure affects judges who choose not to participate in next year's elections, the court reported. The resignation, which will take effect on August 31, 2025, occurred after the deadline for ministers and judges to express their intention to participate in those elections. If they had not contested…
Chief Justice and seven other magistrates submitted letters of resignation this week. The only judges who expressed interest in going to elections are those aligned with the current government.
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