La afectación de la independencia judicial en México tras la reforma constitucional de 2024: una reflexión jurídico-constitucional

The constitutional reform of the Judiciary in Mexico, enacted in 2024, represents an unprecedented structural change that seriously affects the principle of judicial independence, a cornerstone of the rule of law and constitutional democracy. This reform introduces the popular election of judges, ma...

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Autor: Martín Guardado, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:PUCP-Institucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/206898
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/33569/28766
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14657/206898
https://doi.org/10.18800/themis.202502.016
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Judicial power
Independence of justice
Popular election
Politicization of justice
Rule of law
Separation of powers
Poder Judicial
Independencia de la justicia
Elección popular
Politización de la justicia
Estado de derecho
Separación de poderes
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.05.01
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Sumario:The constitutional reform of the Judiciary in Mexico, enacted in 2024, represents an unprecedented structural change that seriously affects the principle of judicial independence, a cornerstone of the rule of law and constitutional democracy. This reform introduces the popular election of judges, magistrates, and Supreme Court justices; eliminates the Federal Judiciary Council; restructures the Supreme Court; and alters the rules of access, tenure, and judicial discipline itself. Under the guise of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of justice, the reform weakens the principles of impartiality, professionalism, and separation of powers, placing the judge within a logic of political representation that is foreign to the nature of the judicial function. This article analyzes the effects of this institutional transformation from a dogmatic legal perspective, arguing that the new model breaks with the counter-majoritarian logic that must prevail within the judiciary by seeking to align and subordinate it to political cycles and electoral contingencies.