nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ebc6a6f112d168c5 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240906s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ebc6a6f112d168c5 doi eng 342 23 Gaxiola Lappe, Jorge Author aut (orcid)0009-0009-0156-0388 Why Institutional Reputation Matters - The Role of Defamation in the Capture of the Mexican Judiciary Gaxiola Lappe, Jorge Verfassungsblog 2024-09-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Mexico is about to adopt a constitutional amendment to reform the judicial branch. While framed as an attempt to restore the legitimacy and independence of the judiciary, it is, in reality, aimed at capturing the judiciary. In this blogpost, I discuss a key strategy that enabled this judicial overhaul: the President’s persistent and systematic defamatory attacks on the judiciary. I argue that to facing the threat of institutional defamation, we must recognize the importance of the right to reputation. CC BY-SA 4.0 constitutional amendment Defamation Free Speech judicial reform Mexico right to reputation Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-institutional-reputation-matters/ raw object