Ball in SEP’s Court on Esquivel Plagiarism Case
At the time the news broke, López Obrador immediately came to the defense of the embattled justice, saying that he’d rather be wrong about Esquivel, rather than agree with Sheridan
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AMLO Accuses UNAM Rector of Playing ‘Pontius Pilate’
The SEP will have to decide what the consequences will be for Esquivel
Read moreUNAM Punishes Professor for SCJN Minister’s Purported Plagiarism
UNAM’s Technical Council has ordered its Ethics Commission to open disciplinary proceedings against Rodríguez Ortiz for her purported role in the Esquivel plagiarism scandal
Read moreA Legion of Citizens
Whoever wins, we will not give up democracy. Battered and all, democracy will prevail
Read moreMexico’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 moreAMLO’s Contentious ‘Plan B’ Electoral Reforms Pass Chamber of Deputies
By KELIN DILLON Following Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) failure to sufficiently reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass his controversial electoral reform to the Mexican Constitution in the Chamber of Deputies, the federal executive followed through on his intentions to impose a “plan b” electoral reform to the nation’s secondary laws in the early hours of Wednesday,
Read moreNetflix Prison Case Goes to Mexican Supreme Court
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Three Mexican men who were sentenced to 50 years in prison in a trial allegedly full of irregularities, documented by Netflix in its production “Reasonable Doubt,” are about to be set free as a result of the streaming platform. After the documentary was aired in Mexico, the Mexican Supreme Court (SCJN) has ordered the release of Héctor
Read moreMexico City Bullfight Season Canceled Indefinitely
PULSE NEWS MEXICO To the chagrin of many and the satisfaction of others, Mexico City’s long-awaited 2022-2023 bullfighting season has been suspended permanently, the country’s largest bull ring, Plaza México, announced Wednesday, Nov. 30. In a written statement, Plaza México said that the season had been canceled “due to a definitive suspension granted by a judge against bullfighting in the country’s
Read moreMexican Supreme Court Rules AMLO’s Military Decree Constitutional
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Supreme Court (SCJN) ruled Tuesday, Nov. 29, that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) decree ordering the nation’s military to participate in public security work through 2024 is constitutional. During its Tuesday session, the SCJN, which is led by AMLO cohort and rubber-stamper Arturo Zaldívar, ruled that the recently approved National Guard Law allows the
Read moreAMLO Orders Security Secretariat to Ignore Supreme Court Ruling
PULSE NEWS MEXICO One day after Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled against his jail-no-bail policy to imprison anyone charged with white-collar crimes, such as embezzlement or tax evasion, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) on Friday, Nov. 23, ordered his Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat (SSPC) to disobey the mandates of judges, calling the ruling “an act
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