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Mexico’s Supreme Court Concludes Final Session, Validates Electoral Tribunal Magistrates

The outgoing bench cleared the final election challenges, paving the way for a nine-member court chosen by popular vote to take office on September 1.

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inauguración del nuevo edificio del Tribunal Superior de Justicia. Edificio Pellegrini.
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Overview

  • The court dismissed the last four challenges to the June judicial election for lack of standing after reviewing nearly 150 cases in total.
  • Ministers confirmed the INE’s declaration of validity for Claudia Valle Aguilasocho and Gilberto de Guzmán Bátiz as TEPJF magistrates.
  • Chief Justice Norma Lucía Piña delivered a farewell address, saying society and history will judge those who judged.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum hailed the transition as the end of a nepotistic era in the judiciary and voiced confidence in the incoming court.
  • Separately, CDMX leader Clara Brugada sent a bill to reform the local judiciary’s organic law, proposing a new method to pick the TSJ president and shifting complaint oversight to the Tribunal de Disciplina Judicial.