World News

488 readers

476 users here now

Please help and contribute as we vote on rules:
https://quokk.au/post/21590

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 10 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au

8 of 11 members of Mexico’s Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul (apnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by slartibartfast@lemm.ee to c/world@quokk.au

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Supreme Court President Norma Piña and seven others submitted letters Tuesday and Wednesday stating they would leave their posts rather than compete in judicial elections scheduled for next June.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That actually does sound better. Voter assessment of actions in office, not influence of who gets into office (e.g. I don't think I'm qualified to pick a Supreme Court judge). It serves as a check and balance on situations like we see today where the SCOTUS is destroying public trust in the justice system.