Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, or SCJN) is the highest federal court in the United Mexican States. It consists of a President of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice) and ten Ministers (Associate Justices) who are appointed by the Senate from a list proposed by the President of the Republic.
Justices of the SCJN serve for fifteen years and are not eligible to serve a second term. From among their number, the justices elect the President of the Court to serve a four-year period; a given justice may serve more than one term as president, but not in consecutive periods.
[edit] Current composition
As of 2006, the Justices of the SCJN are:
- Chief Justice Mariano Azuela Güitrón
- Justice Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
- Justice Juan Díaz Romero
- Justice José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo
- Justice Juan N. Silva Meza
- Justice Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
- Justice Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano
- Justice Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila de García Villegas
- Justice José Ramón Cossío Díaz
- Justice Margarita Beatriz Luna Ramos
- Justice Sergio Armando Valls Hernández
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official site
