nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230513-061833-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230512s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230513-061833-0 doi eng 342 23 Velasco Rivera, Mariana Author aut Can the Mexican Supreme Court Save Constitutional Democracy? Velasco Rivera, Mariana Verfassungsblog 2023-05-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The last week of the legislative term in Mexico was just another showcase of the clear government's disdain for democratic institutions and the rule of law. At the end of April, MORENA, the party in government, used its legislative majorities to hastily pass a series of laws in violation of different procedural rules, including quorum rules. The episode described above isn’t uncommon in Mexico’s legislative politics. The quality of the political-constitutional discourse is in great need of improvement to prevent such episodes from happening. It seems that the Supreme Court is the only institution that could contribute (and has been trying to contribute) to repair it. However, in the current political environment, Supreme Court interventions in political processes are becoming increasingly dangerous to the extent that its survival is at stake. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deliberation parliament Political Process Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/can-the-mexican-supreme-court-save-constitutional-democracy/ raw object