Minister Alberto Pérez Dayán’s opinion that the highest court does not have the power to weigh in on constitutional reforms prevented the SCJN from reaching the required eight votes for annulment
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Despite the resignation announcements, the SCJN ministers will remain in their positions until August 2025
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Veracruz Governor Cuitláhuac García’s rally against Mexico’s Supreme Court included distasteful displays against Supreme Court Chief Justice Norma Piña, actions later applauded by López Obrador
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Mexican Supreme Court Justice Alberto Pérez Dayán’s newly released analysis of the Plan B electoral reforms raise concerns surrounding violations of Mexico’s legislative process
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According to the municipalities, certain reforms in the electoral law violate their budgetary autonomy, specifically by “limiting social communication spending to 0.1 percent.”
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Plan B’s contentious new propaganda previsions would allow Mexico’s politicians and electoral candidates to express political opinion without penalty
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The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM) also expressed its concern about López Obrador’s Plan B
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Monday’s election required three voting rounds before Piña earned the six out of 11 votes she needed to take the SCJN presidency
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By MARK LORENZANA Four justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) on Monday, Sept. 5, refused to approve, as presented, a proposal that seeks to eliminate forced preventive detention (jail without bail) in the country. The judges who categorically rejected the proposal were Justices Yasmin Esquivel, Loretta Ortiz and Alberto Pérez Dayan, while on the last
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By KELIN DILLON Just days after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform was blocked from passing in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, the constitutionality of his Electricity Industry Law (LIE) has now been called into question once again as it has been revealed that the head of the Supreme Court (SCJN), Arturo Zaldívarm incorrectly registered the votes
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