I sometimes wonder what editorial boards and governments, including our own government, are thinking when they criticize other countries for behaving like us.
The president of Mexico wants to do something with the Supreme Court of Mexico. Read the reasoning why Mexico is seeking to do what it is and then think about our own Supreme Court, which was stolen by the Republicans and now has given Trump almost complete immunity from criminal acts. Thinks about the US Supreme Court justices who have taken gifts from people and companies that will have cases before them.
We like to think that the unelected Supreme Court protects the rights of minorities, and sometimes it does, especially in the past. But way too often, it has taken protection given by the government from minorities.
Look no further than here in our state of Texas, where, if not a rogue but certainly indicted Attorney General has used his power to harass, threaten, and arrest minorities that he and his party would vote against.
The plan would also dismantle several independent bodies established after the advent of multiparty democracy in 2000 to limit the power of the presidency.
… all current members of Mexico’s federal judiciary, including all the justices of the Supreme Court, then replace them via massive elections in 2025 and 2027. More than likely, Mr. López Obrador’s Morena party would win the lion’s share of the positions.
… Both claim the objective is to wring corruption out of the judiciary. This is a smokescreen. Mexico’s judiciary often dared to resist Mr. López Obrador’s more capricious policies, and those of his party. He wants to defeat it once and for all.
Judges, magistrates and federal court employees in Mexico have gone on strike to oppose the proposal. Judges outside of Mexico are also aghast.
