Seven ministers of the Supreme Court could submit their resignation on October 29, according to information circulated on social media and news outlets. This action does not constitute a "mass resignation," but rather a clarification regarding their participation in the upcoming electoral process. The involved ministers will leave their positions in August 2025, making way for the newly selected members.
The Supreme Court currently has eleven ministers, with Juan Luis González Alcántara Carrancá and Yasmín Esquivel Moss having served the longest, for five and a half years. On the other hand, Ana Margarita Ríos Farjat, Loretta Ortiz Ahlf, and Lenia Batres Guadarrama were appointed during the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in subsequent years.
The electoral process for the selection of judges, ministers, and magistrates is scheduled for June 2025. Some ministers, such as Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena and Alberto Pérez Dayán, have more than three years remaining in their positions, while Javier Laynez Potisek and Norma Lucía Piña Hernández will soon have completed nine years in the Court.
Luis María Aguilar has just one month left in the Supreme Court, as his term ends on November 30. The discussion surrounding the unconstitutionality project of the judicial reform, presented by Minister Juan Luis González Alcántara, has been a significant topic recently within the institution.
Morena and allied parties continue to approve initiatives to strengthen the judicial reform and allow the election of judges by popular vote. The Senate of the Republic has approved an extraordinary electoral process to elect new members to various courts, which forces the current judges to decide whether they will participate in the 2025 process.
On October 30, the proposal to revoke the election of judges will be put to a vote, marking a significant event in the judicial landscape of Mexico.
