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Judicial branch Mexico, in 36 editions.
The entry for Mexico published Judicial branch in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 17 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
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- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
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Changed since 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Supreme Court of Justice (Suprema Corte de Justicia) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Carlos SALINAS de Gortari (since 1 December 1988)
Supreme Court of Justice (Suprema Corte de Justicia) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Carlos SALINAS de Gortari (since 1 December 1988)
The same text in 4 editions, 1992 to 1995.
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)
Supreme Court of Justice (Suprema Corte (Corte Suprema de Justicia) Chief of State and Head of Government--President Carlos SALINAS de Gortari (since 1 December 1988)
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)
Justicia), judges are appointed by the president with consent of the
Senate
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de
judges are appointed by the president with consent of the
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Supreme Court of Justice (Corte or Corte Suprema de Justicia),judges Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate
Senate)
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia, judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de
Justicia (judges
Senate)
The same text in 3 editions, 2001 to 2003.
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia, judges Justicia (judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate Senate)
The same text in 3 editions, 2004 to 2006.
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema Corte de Justicia (judges Nacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
The same text in 6 editions, 2007 to 2012.
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional de la Nacion (justices or ministros are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of 21 ministers or judges and 5 supernumerary judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; judges serve for life
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes Electoral Tribunal, circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state level and district level courts
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of 21 ministers or judges and 5 supernumerary judges)
judge selection and term of office:
judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; judges serve for life
subordinate courts:
federal level includes Electoral Tribunal, circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state level and district level courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve for life;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a single-renewable 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, single-renewable 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
Rewritten: too little of the 2013 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office:
Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a single-renewable 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, single-renewable 9-year terms
subordinate courts:
federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve for life;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a single-renewable 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, single-renewable 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
highest court(s):
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve for life;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a single-renewable 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, single-renewable 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
The same text in 2018 and 2019.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve 15-year terms;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
highest court(s): courts: Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve for life; 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
The same text in 2020 and 2021.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve 15-year terms;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
Note : in mid-February 2020, the Mexican president endorsed a bill on judicial reform, which proposes changes to 7 articles of the constitution and the issuance of a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
highest courts: Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
Note : in mid-February 2020, the Mexican president endorsed a bill on judicial reform, which proposes changes to 7 articles of the constitution and the issuance of a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve 15-year terms;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
note : in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
highest courts: court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courtsNote note : in mid-February 2020, April 2021, the Mexican president endorsed congress passed a bill on judicial reform, reform which proposes changes to changed 7 articles of the constitution and the issuance of preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
The same text in 2023 and 2024.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve 15-year terms;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
note : in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion Nación (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
note : in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate;
- justices serve 15-year terms;
- Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate;
- superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term;
- other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
- subordinate courts:
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
note: in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courtsnote : note: in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Mexico: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/mexico/judicial-branch.