Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, demonstrated in the country's capital on Sunday (September 8) against a controversial...
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Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, demonstrated in the country's capital on Sunday (September 8) against a controversial judicial reform that would elect judges through a popular vote. They gathered in Mexico City as the Senate prepared to debate an initiative pushed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and approved by the lower house, called the Chamber of Deputies, where the ruling party holds control. The proposed reforms, which would elect Supreme Court justices and other courts as well as judges, have sparked diplomatic tensions with the U.S., prompted protests by opponents and disrupted financial markets. “The judiciary will not fall,” said protesters marching on the Senate, which is expected to vote on the proposal on Wednesday (11/9). The striking justice workers have asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter, a request Lopez Obrador said has no legal basis. The US, Mexico's main trading partner, has warned that the reforms would threaten a relationship that depends on investor confidence in Mexico's legal framework. Lopez Obrador, who will be replaced by ally Claudia Sheinbaum on Oct. 1, has argued that the changes are necessary because the court serves the interests of political and economic elites. …
Thousands of Mexicans, mainly court employees and law students, demonstrated in the country's capital on Sunday (September 8) against a controversial...
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he had signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only...
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he had signed into law controversial judicial reforms making Mexico the world's only...
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate approved early today a sweeping judicial reform that will overhaul the country’s judiciary by...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition senators are uniting around the possibility of blocking controversial judicial reforms pushed by...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition senators are uniting around the possibility of blocking controversial judicial reforms pushed by...
A sweeping change would have thousands of judges, from local courtrooms all the way up to the Supreme Court, elected instead of appointed.
A sweeping change would have thousands of judges, from local courtrooms all the way up to the Supreme Court, elected instead of appointed.
The changes, which would see federal judges elected by popular vote, pass in lower chamber.
The upper house approved a contentious overhaul of the country's judiciary that will allow voters to elect judges.