The Supreme Court of Mexico, formally the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and known in Spanish as the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, abbreviated SCJN, is the highest court in Mexico and the apex of the Mexican federal judiciary. Its judges, called ministers, are elected for twelve-year terms, with each branch of the federal government forming an evaluation committee that selects candidates to run for a Court seat; the minister receiving the most votes serves as chief justice for a two-year period, after which the office rotates according to the number of votes each minister received in the last judicial election.
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1825
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was formally installed and began its functions on 15 March 1825
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Mexico City
Introduction
The Supreme Court of Mexico, formally the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación; SCJN) is highest court in Mexico and the apex of the Mexican federal judiciary.
In Group: Final Appeal Courts, lead paragraph, states the court's place in the hierarchy (final)
The Supreme Court of Mexico, formally the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación; SCJN) is highest court in Mexico and the apex of the Mexican federal judiciary.
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Wikidata Q130925, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Hugo Aguilar Ortiz (Wikipedia)
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A native of the state of Oaxaca, he is the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation after the 2025 Mexican judicial elections
Lenia Batres (Wikipedia)
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party and, since 14 December 2023, has been a minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
Jorge Carpizo McGregor, Wikipedia
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In the late 1980s he served as Minister Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. In June 1990 he was appointed president
Norma Lucía Piña Hernández (Wikipedia)
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Norma Lucía Piña Hernández (born 29 July 1960) is a Mexican lawyer and educator who was the first women to serve as president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 2023.
Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea (Wikipedia)
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Arturo Fernando Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea (born 9 August 1959) is a Mexican lawyer who served as a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 2009 to 2023.
Yasmin Esquivel Mossa (Wikipedia)
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serves as a justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation since 2019
Wikipedia: Olga Sánchez Cordero
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was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Justice
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