1. Why don’t critics like the judicial reform? AMLO wants all judges, including those on the Supreme Court, to be elected by popular vote, something few other countries do.

If the reform passes, judicial elections would take place next year after a period of campaigning. About 7,000 judges would be required to battle for their seats, or turn the gavel over to the ...

AMLO Says Judicial Reform to Limit Criminal Influence in Courts. President spoke in two-hour state of the union address Sunday; AMLO gave speech in front of Mexico City’s presidential palace ...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, is one step closer to passing his highly criticised judicial reform. Last week, the bill was approved by the lower house ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's is pushing to reform his country's judicial branch in ways that would undermine constitutional checks and balances, while U.S. President Biden is ...

AMLO’s successor has to mop up after Mexico’s judicial bombshell By . Alex Vasquez and Maya Averbuch. Alex Vasquez and Maya Averbuch.

AMLO's Judicial Reform Overlooks the Key Weakness of Mexican Justice. Prosecutors’ willingness and capacity to investigate crimes is the nation’s judicial system’s weakest link ...

AMLO responded by fulminating against the U.S. ambassador and “pausing” relations with the United States and Canada, although it seems only his communication with the U.S. and Canadian embassies has ...

Investors Warn AMLO's Judicial Reform Will Set Mexico Back 50 Years. Over the last six years, investors knew they had at least one place to appeal when they didn’t agree with Andres Manuel Lopez ...

AMLO is upending Mexico’s political landscape one more time, as the country inches closer to passing a controversial reform that would deeply transform the country’s judiciary.