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Mexico's Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to 2024 Tie-Breaking Vote on Electric Law

The justices prioritized finality, citing that undoing the tie-break would have no practical effect.

Overview

  • The SCJN Plenary voted 6–3 to declare inadmissible the Presidency’s recurso de reclamación against the Second Chamber’s 2024 decision.
  • The ruling leaves intact the amparos granted to private energy firms and does not alter the status of the already repealed Electricity Industry Law.
  • Chief Justice Hugo Aguilar Ortiz had proposed admitting the challenge, arguing the tie-breaking vote violated Article 17 of the Judicial Power’s organic law.
  • A majority noted the challenged judgments were executed, the law was abrogated, and the Court’s Chambers were dissolved, so revoking the vote would yield no practical outcome.
  • Minister Lenia Batres referenced irregularities in the 2024 process yet cautioned that using reclamación to revisit final votes would undermine legal certainty.