Overview

• By a seven‑vote majority, the SCJN Pleno rejected Minister Lenia Batres’s proposal to impose stricter limits on the National Electoral Institute’s sanctioning authority in a criteria‑conflict case.
• Only Minister Estela Ríos backed Batres, while other justices argued that rigid typification would hinder enforcement as campaign activity shifts to social media.
• Justice Arístides Rodrigo Guerrero cited the absence of explicit statutory sanctions for social networks as a reason to avoid inflexible rules.
• Court president Hugo Aguilar warned that adopting the proposal could invalidate INE lineamientos and undercut jurisprudence developed by the TEPJF’s Sala Superior.
• In a related resolution, the Court found no contradiction between past SCJN doctrine and 2023 electoral rulings involving Xóchitl Gálvez, and it also assumed review of cases on IMSS retirees’ claims, trans rights, and refugee procedures.