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Eight of the country’s 11 supreme court judges will stand down over reforms supported by President Claudia Sheinbaum

Eight of Mexico's 11 supreme court judges have submitted their resignations after controversial judicial reforms, the top court has said.

In a move that has sparked diplomatic tensions and opposition street protests, Mexico is set to become the world's only country to allow voters to choose all judges, at every level, starting next year.

The eight justices -- including president Norma Pina -- declined to stand for election in June 2025, a statement said, adding that one of the resignations would take effect in November and the rest next August.

The announcement came as the supreme court prepares to consider a proposal to invalidate the election of judges and magistrates. President Claudia Sheinbaum, however, has said that the court lacks the authority to reverse a constitutional reform approved by congress.

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[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

What would be a real world problem on voting for those judges?

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Interesting question, and as lots have already commented, judges are possibly biased to whoever keeps them in power.

Perhaps a lottery amongst the pool of potential judges (lawyers or whoever it may be)

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Sortition democracy is one of the cooler ideas anarchists have come up with as a way to replace representative democracy.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

Anarchists didn't come up with that. It shit existed for nearly 20 centuries and might still exist in some places today.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Well yeah, juries are selected that way in the US.

Some anarchists take it farther and see it as a way to completely replace representative democracy as a structure of power. No more politicians, no more elections, every position is filled randomly from the population.

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