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U.S. Ambassador Voices Confidence in Mexico’s Newly Seated Supreme Court

His public message signaled a cooperative tone from Washington despite earlier misgivings over Mexico’s judicial reform.

Mientras el embajador estadounidense Ronald Johnson confía en que la nueva SCJN proteja el Estado de Derecho, su antecesor había criticado fuertemente la elección por voto popular de los ministros por considerar que afectaba la certeza jurídica.
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Overview

  • U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson attended the Supreme Court’s first session and posted on X that he trusts the court to protect the rule of law for Mexicans and the bilateral relationship.
  • He shared a video from the event showing greetings with senior officials including Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero and Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard.
  • More than 800 ministers, judges and magistrates took their oaths on September 1 after being chosen through popular vote for the first time under the judicial reform.
  • The inauguration combined indigenous rites with the handover of the bastón de mando to the nine ministers, followed by a formal swearing‑in at the Senate and a session at the court’s headquarters attended by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
  • Hugo Aguilar assumed a two‑year term as court president and pledged a commitment to deliver justice responsive to the public, while Sheinbaum urged the new judiciary to resist corruption and serve the people.