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Mexico’s New Supreme Court Takes Office Sept. 1 With Elected Bench and Female Majority

The overhaul ushers in a smaller bench chosen at the polls under a new governance structure that will test judicial independence.

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Overview

  • The nine ministers will be sworn in at the Senate on Sept. 1, when the reconstituted Court formally begins work with five women and four men.
  • The new ministers are Hugo Aguilar Ortiz, Lenia Batres Guadarrama, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, Loretta Ortiz Ahlf, María Estela Ríos González, Giovanni Azael Figueroa Mejía, Irving Espinosa Betanzo, Arístides Rodrigo Guerrero García and Sara Irene Herrerías Guerra.
  • Hugo Aguilar Ortiz will serve as Court president for 2025–2027, with staggered ministerial terms running to 2033 and 2036–2039 depending on each seat.
  • The 2024 reform cuts the bench from 11 to 9, abolishes the Judicial Council and replaces it with the Órgano de Administración Judicial and the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial, lowers the threshold for binding precedents to six votes and ends automatic suspensions in certain constitutional cases.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum will attend the swearing‑in and has framed the change as ending nepotism, while critics question the electoral process and the electoral tribunal upheld the results despite complaints over voter “acordeones.”