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The 2024–25 judicial reform in Mexico represents one of the most sweeping overhauls of a national judiciary in recent history. The reform replaced nearly all federal and state judges through direct popular elections, restructured the country’s highest court, and created new administrative and disciplinary bodies that expanded political influence over judicial decision-making. Here, in a conversation with Judicature International, AMANDA DRISCOLL, the Dr. J. Elizabeth Garraway Professor of Political Science at Florida State University, MICHAEL J. NELSON, Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Penn State, and JULIO RÍOS-FIGUEROA, Professor of Law at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City, bring their expertise on comparative judicial politics and the Mexican legal system. They analyze the design, implementation, and consequences of these reforms, assessing what they reveal about judicial independence, democratic legitimacy, and the potential risks of politicizing the judiciary.
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Dialogo Judicial: Mexico Judicial Reform Opinion Panel
In June 2025, over 800 Mexican judges, including those on federal courts, will be directly elected by Mexican citizens, marking it the largest judicial elections in world history. This project will track citizens’ attitudes toward the reforms and the judiciary as these reforms are implemented, as citizens elect their judges, and as the directly elected judges are seated. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. SES-2501293 & SES-2501294. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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