Overview

• The TEPJF closed its review of 5,561 challenges and confirmed winners for 881 federal judicial posts, including nine Supreme Court seats, two for the TEPJF’s Sala Superior, 15 regional electoral magistracies, five for the new Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial, 464 circuit magistracies and 386 district judges.
• The ministers-elect will be sworn in at the Senate on Sept. 1 in the evening, marking Mexico’s first popularly elected Supreme Court under the 2024 reform.
• The incoming Court will have five women and four men, delivering the first female majority in the Plenary, with Hugo Aguilar Ortiz set to preside from 2025 to 2027.
• Implementation of the reform begins with the disappearance of the Federal Judiciary Council and the launch of the Órgano de Administración Judicial and the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial, alongside new rules such as a lower vote threshold to create binding precedents.
• Experts warn of transitional delays and administrative uncertainty, while local alignment advances as Mexico City lawmakers move a package to amend more than 400 articles and, according to reports, the Court prepares to introduce a new emblem featuring a bastón de mando.