Opinion by Mathew Carr

Sept. 3, 2024 — Putting elections into choosing the Mexican judiciary will end badly for the country’s people … because the media is controlled by nefarious powers …. and election results can be manipulated.

DW, unedited snips:

Thousands of students took to the streets in Mexico on Sunday to protest against a planned judicial reform that would see judges elected by popular vote.

The overhaul was proposed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and backed by incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum.

At present, judges and magistrates are appointed by the Federal Judicial Council, an administrative body.

And Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president and ratified by the Senate.

https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-students-protest-planned-judicial-overhaul/a-70107162?

*To be fair: if there is a way for people to bring better justice — ie via juries of peers — I’m in favor. Yet I suspect juries do need the guidance of a neutral judge.