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Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation | |
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Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación | |
19°25′52.01″N 99°7′55.58″W / 19.4311139°N 99.1321056°W | |
Established | 1825 |
Jurisdiction | Mexico |
Location | Pino Suárez no. 2, Colonia Centro, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06065, Mexico City |
Coordinates | 19°25′52.01″N 99°7′55.58″W / 19.4311139°N 99.1321056°W |
Composition method | Supreme Court |
Authorised by | Constitution of Mexico |
Judge term length | 15 years |
Number of positions | 11 |
Website | https://www.scjn.gob.mx/ |
President | |
Currently | Norma Lucía Piña Hernández |
Since | 2 January 2023 |
Mexico portal |
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, SCJN) is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Government. It consists of eleven magistrates, known as ministers of the court, one of whom is designated the court's president.
Judges of the SCJN are appointed for 15 years.[1] They are ratified through affirmation by the Senate from a list proposed by the President of the Republic. The ministers chosen will select from among themselves who shall be the President of the Court to serve a four-year period; any given minister may serve out more than one term as president, but may not do so consecutively.