Claudia Sheinbaum is pursuing constitutional amendments to prevent the Supreme Court from challenging laws or amendments.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources show Sheinbaum promulgated a constitutional 'supremacy' reform in November 2024 that makes challenges to constitutional amendments inadmissible, and she argued the Supreme Court had no authority to review the judicial reform.
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… again again, it does also has a lot of oil, which he can't possibly be in favor of into what will be a fourth world one party state controlled by uh Morena. Even even she, she has a Supreme Court, because she has these alleged supermajorities in both houses. The Supreme Court, um, she says, "We're gonna she's gonna make sure the Supreme Court can't challenge any of these the court can't challenge um, any amendments that they promote for the Constitution or any law of hers," kind of like Netanyahu did in Israel, um, prior to the war. Um, and that's being talked about much less than things like the violence or anything else. So she really wants to create what Zelensky did in Ukraine, uh, slowly but surely. …
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Supports. Mexico News Daily reports Sheinbaum promulgated a constitutional reform preventing legal challenges against constitutional amendments, including the judicial reform, with Articles 105 and 107 declaring such challenges inadmissible.[3]
Supports. The Mexico Brief reports Morena and allies passed a constitutional amendment blocking court oversight of past and future amendments, which Sheinbaum signed into law.[4]
Supports. Reuters reports Sheinbaum argued the court had no authority to review the judicial reform, and the Supreme Court's attempt to roll back parts of it failed.[1]
Supports. Americas Quarterly reports Sheinbaum backed a bill stating constitutional amendments cannot be challenged in courts, and Wikipedia describes the same supremacy bill limiting challenges to procedural grounds.[5][6]
Context. The AP notes the judicial overhaul limited the Supreme Court's power to widely block presidential actions and laws, which is related to but not the same as the claim's reference to challenges to 'any law of hers'.[2]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Mexico Supreme Court keeps intact most of ruling party's judicial ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Will Mexico's judicial elections hurt democracy or make the ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3After another constitutional reform, what's next for Mexico's judicial system?mexiconewsdaily.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Sheinbaum ends 1st month by “changing the rules of the political ...themexicobrief.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Claudia Sheinbaum Stays on AMLO's Courseamericasquarterly.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Claudia Sheinbaum - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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Related claims
- Claudia Sheinbaum proposed adding wording to the Mexican Constitution to prohibit foreign interference or intervention in the prosecution of alleged criminals in Mexico without state authorization.True
- The National Regeneration Movement (Morena) won supermajorities in both houses of the Mexican legislature in the 2024 election.False
- Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president of Mexico.True
- Claudia Sheinbaum received less than 40% of the vote in the first round of the 2024 Mexican presidential election.False
- Morena holds supermajorities in both houses of the Mexican Congress.Mixed