Mexico’s First Female Supreme Court Chief Justice Named
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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Mexican Electoral Democracy Dims as ‘Plan B’ Reaches Senate Approval
By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “Plan B” electoral reform to Mexico’s secondary laws passed through the Mexican Senate on Wednesday, Dec. 14, with 63 votes in favor and 53 votes against, setting the stage for López Obrador to follow through on his long-term intentions to prune back the powers of the country’s autonomous electoral
Read moreCouncil of Europe Condemns AMLO’s Electoral Reform
By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 24, the Venice Commission – an advisory board on constitutional matters for international human rights organization the Council of Europe – published an opinion condemning Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) plans to reform Mexico’s electoral laws, a stance taken following the organization’s review of the situation at the request of the Mexican
Read moreAMLO Announces Reform to Publicly Elect Electoral Counselors
By KELIN DILLON Following an extended controversy with Mexico’s autonomous organization the National Electoral Institute (INE), especially surrounding the upcoming mandate revocation process, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took to his daily morning press conference on Tuesday, March 29, to announce his intentions to reform Mexican legislation to grant electoral magistrates and judges their seats through a public
Read moreMexican Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Zalvídar Law
By KELIN DILLON Nearly seven months after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposal to extend the country’s Supreme Court (SCJN) Chief Justice Arturo Zalvídar’s term of office passed through Congress, the SCJN’s Plenary unanimously rejected the so-called “Zalvídar Law” for its unconstitutionality on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The law was set to extend Zalvídar’s seat on the SCJN by
Read moreMexico Courts Remove Preventative Detention for Fraud Cases
By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 25, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled to remove preventative detention in the country for financial crimes, including smuggling, tax fraud and the sale of false invoices, saying it violates the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), a 2019 reform to Mexico’s Article 19
Read moreMonreal Insists CFE Remain Cautious with Electric Reform
By KELIN DILLON Just one day after Mexico’s head of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Manuel Bartlett, claimed that private-sector energy providers would not be compensated for contracts potentially cancelled by the country’s proposed electricity reform, National Regeneration Movement (Morena) Senator Ricardo Monreal on Saturday, Oct. 16, urged the CFE and its officials to remain “prudent” about the goals of
Read moreMorena Announces 18 Constitutional Reforms
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s currently-in-power leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena), led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), announced 18 proposed ¿reforms to the country’s constitution on Monday, July 12. The reforms would modify 55 articles of the current iteration of the Mexican Constitution, including parts relating to scholarships, pensions, education and the confiscation of assets. The changes include free
Read moreAMLO Announces Three Reforms to Mexican Constitution
By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced his pursuit of three significant changes to the Mexican Constitution on Tuesday, June 15, focusing on reforms to the document’s electrical, electoral and military sections. López Obrador proposed constitutional electrical reform seeks to strengthen the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) so that standard users will not pay higher rates
Read moreAMLO’s Electoral Interference May Have Legal Consequences
By KELIN DILLON A number of academics, formal electoral officials and analysts have said Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) acknowledgement of his own interference into Nuevo León’s electoral process could have serious legal repercussions on Mexico’s leader due to his public and self-aware violations of the Mexican Constitution. On Tuesday, May 12, López Obrador spoke candidly during his
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