Mexico Judicial Overhaul Sparks Concern Over Democratic Backsliding
Domestic critics and international observers have argued the overhaul will undermine the rule of law and key civil ...
The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
The politics of immigration look different from communities on the Southwest border that are voting in hotly contested ...
Opinion: Mexico’s constitutional changes would hurt its democracy and the U.S. economy
Following the decisive electoral victory of Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on June 2, the governing party’s ...
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Shady Dealings Help Mexico’s Outgoing President Dismantle the Country’s Democratic System
The latest move is a proposed constitutional amendment to reform the judiciary, under which all judges in the country would ...
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Mexico is on the verge of changing its constitution. Here's what you need to know
The constitutional reform is controversial because it would completely remake Mexico's judiciary. One side says it would end ...
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Mexico Court Overhaul Goes into Effect Despite Judicial Uproar
Mexico’s highly contested judicial reform ... because we also talked about living in a democracy, but, no, an oligarchy was in power. Those who ruled were the ones at the top, a minority with ...
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Why Nearly All Judges in Mexico Could Soon Be Chosen by Voters
The legislation passed by Congress could produce one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls in any major democracy. By Simon Romero and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City ...
Why everyone is suddenly worried about Mexico’s democracy
President Andres Manuel López Obrador, in his final month in office, is pushing legislation that would send appointed federal ...
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Mexico adopts judicial reform critics say is a hit to democracy
Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Sunday signed an overhaul of the country's judicial system that ...
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No, Mexico’s Judicial Reform Isn’t a Risk to Democracy
Exceeding the two-thirds required supermajority, Mexico’s Senate has narrowly passed a constitutional reform package ...
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Going to extremes is all too predictable
They became too narrow and too extreme," said a spokesman for the Democratic organization Third Way. 2012: Heather Wilson, a Republican making her second try for the U.S. Senate in New Mexico ...