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ÉTAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LAS RELACIONES FAMILIARES
Jurisprudence emanating from the SCJN as a "crutch" that should not surprise the reader, in
light of the composition of the highest jurisdictional instance, on which the interpretation of
the Supreme Law of the Nation rests; what is worth illustrating with the following case:
Case 1 - Designation of Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza as Minister of the SCJN
Controversial figure, in addition to General Director of CISEN (2000-2005), serves as
Secretary of Federal Public Security (2005-2006) and Attorney General of the Republic
(2006-2009), during the sexennium headed by Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa ( 2006-
2012); to subsequently serve as Ambassador of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and the United States.
He has just been appointed as Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation for a
period of 15 years (CNN Mexico, 2015), despite the rejection of recognized personalities and
the petition for rejection against his appointment of more than 52,000 signatures delivered
to the President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018), who proposed his candidacy to the Senate
before the vacancy produced by the death of Minister Sergio Valls at the end of 2014.
For a recognized jurist (Narváez Medécigo, 2015), Medina-Mora Icaza does not satisfy, at
least, two of the requirements established by article 95 of the Political Constitution of the
United Mexican States (2015) for this assignment: the two years of residence in the country
"prior to the day of appointment" (fraction V) and good reputation (section IV, first part).
That constitutional requirement seeks that the proposed candidates have roots and
knowledge of the political and socioeconomic environment of the country, "avoiding the rise
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