Deep Dive from @elreportero | Episode 3 | Slamming the Table: Claudia Sheinbaum Asserts that the SCJN Cannot Review Constitutional Changes

El Reportero

The first firm stance by Claudia Sheinbaum on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation's (SCJN) proposed review of the Judicial Reform. Citing Articles 39 and 135 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the President stated to the Supreme Court that it is not authorized to review constitutional changes, that it cannot examine or alter them.

In a very concise and self-serving explanation, of course, Claudia Sheinbaum outlined the reasons why she believes the Supreme Court of Justice cannot and should not review constitutional changes.

Naturally, this also begins to reveal how her presidency might play out when confronted with issues she doesn't like or that are inconvenient for her.

Her morning argument was that the Supreme Court of Justice cannot review something already enshrined in the Constitution and even published in the official gazette. "They can't review what I told the people was in their best interest, what we, as members or part of the wise and good people, informed our social base was beneficial for them. They cannot review what we have instructed the people to consider good for them."

Claudia Sheinbaum is now starting to show glimpses of how she will wield power.

It's quite ironic that just ten years ago, the Morena party demanded a constitutional review in light of constitutional changes pushed by Enrique Peña Nieto's administration. Back then, they argued that the Supreme Court did indeed have jurisdiction.

But because the modification now comes from them, it seems the same reasoning no longer applies.

For now, there's an open and direct confrontation, citing the very Constitution itself.

The Supreme Court of Justice took too long to carry out this review, which is why Sheinbaum is not entirely without reason.

The SCJN will also likely delay responding to this bold move by Sheinbaum, allowing supporters of the Fourth Transformation (4T) to flood the discourse with references to Articles 39 and 135 of the Constitution to validate the constitutional change and the profound modification of Mexico's judicial system.

References to the "will of the people" were also made in Germany in 1939. Similarly, they used the people's will to justify outrages and, later, truly horrible things.

Today in Mexico, the force of social voting is being used to push through a reform that could eventually work against the very people they claim to love so much.

It is typical of autocrats to invoke the will of the people to do whatever they please.