95: Understanding Mexico’s Judicial Transformation
from Judy Ley Allen México Centered Hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
In 2024, Mexico became the first country to elect all of its judges by direct popular vote, part of a landmark judicial reform enacted by the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) — the current ruling party — to address corruption and hold judges more accountable to the public. Two years into its implementation, how has the reform reshaped Mexico’s justice system, which citizens had long perceived as ineffective? Nonresident scholar Javier Martín-Reyes joined the “México Centered” podcast to discuss the most consequential provisions of the reform and its implications for the country’s democracy. This conversation was recorded on Sept. 16, 2026. Featured: Javier Martín-Reyes, Ph.D., https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/javier-martin-reyes This conversation was recorded on Sept. 16, 2026. More about Tony Payan, Ph.D.: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/tony-payan You can follow @BakerInstitute and @BakerInstMexico on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Learn more about our data-driven, nonpartisan policy research and analysis at bakerinstitute.org.
Embed this episode
No transcript yet.