Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

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constitutional court court of last resort federal court supreme court

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation is Mexico’s highest federal court and ultimate judicial authority, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and overseeing the country’s judiciary.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación	3
Poder Judicial de la Federación	2
Federal Judiciary of Mexico	1
Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)	1
Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación under the 1857 Constitution	1
Supreme Court of Justice of the Mexican Nation (19th century court system)	1
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)	1
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in its judicial functions	1
constitutional court of Mexico	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ federal court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appointmentBy	President of Mexico ⓘ
branchOf	Government of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Mexico
building	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building ⓘ
buildingLocation	Historic Centre of Mexico City ⓘ surface form: Historic center of Mexico City
composition	11 ministers ⓘ
confirmationBy	Senate of the Republic of Mexico ⓘ
constitutionalRole	highest court in Mexico ⓘ ultimate interpreter of the Constitution of Mexico ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
decidesOn	actions of unconstitutionality against federal and local laws ⓘ constitutional controversies between branches of the federal government ⓘ constitutional controversies between federal and state governments ⓘ constitutional controversies between states ⓘ important amparo cases that set binding precedent ⓘ
establishedBy	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ surface form: Constitution of 1917 of Mexico
governs	Federal Judiciary Council (through constitutional oversight role) ⓘ
headTitle	President of the Supreme Court ⓘ
issues	jurisprudential theses ⓘ
jurisdiction	Mexico ⓘ federal ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Mexico
location	Mexico City ⓘ
memberTitle	minister ⓘ
officialName	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
partOf	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federal Judiciary of Mexico
power	to declare laws unconstitutional ⓘ to invalidate general norms with binding effect ⓘ
precededBy	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of the Mexican Nation (19th century court system)
responsibility	hearing of amparo cases in specific circumstances ⓘ judicial review of laws and acts of authority ⓘ oversight of the federal judiciary ⓘ protection of the Mexican Constitution ⓘ resolution of actions of unconstitutionality ⓘ resolution of constitutional controversies ⓘ
shortName	SCJN ⓘ
sitsEnBanc	Plenary of the Supreme Court ⓘ
subdivision	First Chamber ⓘ Second Chamber ⓘ
symbol	coat of arms of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ
termLengthOfMinisters	15 years ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied	Constitutional law of Mexico ⓘ Mexican federal law ⓘ
website	https://www.scjn.gob.mx ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judicial Branch of Mexico → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poder Judicial de la Federación

Political Constitution of the United Mexican States → establishesJudicialBody → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

Federal Judiciary Council (through constitutional oversight role) → excludesFromItsAuthority → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Judiciary Council

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in its judicial functions

SCJN → fullName → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

Judicial Branch of Mexico → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

Mexico City → hostsInstitution → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

Judicial Branch of Mexico → includes → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

Government of Mexico → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

SCJN → nativeName → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation → officialName → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building → operatedBy → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

Federal Judiciary Council (through constitutional oversight role) → operatesUnderAuthorityOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Judiciary Council

First Chamber → partOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)

Plenary of the Supreme Court → partOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

SCJN → partOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poder Judicial de la Federación

Second Chamber → partOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation → partOf → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Judiciary of Mexico

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation → precededBy → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of the Mexican Nation (19th century court system)

SCJN → predecessor → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación under the 1857 Constitution

Federal Judiciary Council (through constitutional oversight role) → reportsTo → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Judiciary Council

SCJN → role → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: constitutional court of Mexico

Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building → usedBy → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

First Chamber → worksAlongside → Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ⓘ

subject surface form: First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)

this entity surface form: Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Mexico)