Mexico’s Constitutional Democracy Under Threat - The Judicial Overhaul Is Only the Beginning

Mexico’s Constitutional Democracy Under Threat - The Judicial Overhaul Is Only the Beginning Velasco Rivera, Mariana Author aut Parra Prieto, Irene Author aut Olaiz-Gonzalez, Jaime Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-5723-8947 Daly, Tom Gerald Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-09-16 eng The final act of Mexican President López Obrador will be in collaboration with the president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and the newly elected Congress. Among other things, in a move that goes beyond anything found in other prominent backsliding states such as Hungary or Poland, it introduces the popular election of all sitting judges across the Federal Judiciary, including Supreme Court Justices, every 9 and 12 years respectively. In an open letter, legal scholars, judges, policymakers and practitioners from various regions of the world have expressed deep concern over the potential consequences that the popular election of judges may have on judicial independence, the rule of law, and the safeguarding of rights and freedoms in Mexico. CC BY-SA 4.0 Velasco Rivera, Mariana Authoritarian Populism Backsliding Democratic Backsliding Judiciary Mexiko Mexiko 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/mexicos-constitutional-democracy-under-threat/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/f215c0a86deeaba0 240916 10.59704/f215c0a86deeaba0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)