AMLO Accuses Supreme Court Head of Protecting Criminals
López Obrador alleged that the SCJN’s Piña-chaired Federal Judicial Council operates merely for decoration
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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
Read moreElectoral Tribunal’s President Ousted, Refuses to Leave
By KELIN DILLON Nine months after he became president of the Electoral Tribunal of Mexico’s Federal Judicial Branch (TEPJF), Judge José Luis Vargas was dismissed from his role by his fellow judges in the judicial body, with five out of the seven voting for his removal on Wednesday, Aug. 4, though controversy has ensued since as Vargas has refused to
Read moreAMLO Tells Supreme Court to Reverse Electricity Reform Suspensions
By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked the country’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN), Mexico’s highest judicial body, to reverse the appeal-based suspensions to his contentious electricity reform on Tuesday, April 27. López Obrador recently and controversially extended the term of the SCJN’s president Arturo Zalvídar by two years, opening the door for AMLO to potentially
Read moreJudicial Corruption Being Swept Downstairs
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The demise of two top judges during the early half of October is rattling the Mexican juridical system…
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