Mexican Reforms Will Subordinate Judges to Politicians, Say Legal Experts

After a close vote in the Mexican Senate, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed and published the constitutional reform on Sept. 15.

Protesters interrupt a session in which lawmakers were debating the government's proposed judicial reform, in the Senate in Mexico City on Sept. 10, 2024. Felix Marquez/AP Photo

Analysis

Legal experts say the reforms approved by the Mexican Senate on Sept. 11 will have a huge effect on the rule of law in the country and could lead to a Venezuela-style judiciary, such that the ruling party’s edicts are not challenged.