AMLO’s dangerous last blast threatens Mexico

That threatens the country’s democracy and economy. Under the reform, all federal judges would be fired and replaced by popular vote, supplanting a system of professional exams and, in the case of the Supreme Court and electoral courts, a nomination process. Members of a new disciplinary tribunal, with powers to punish judges, would also be elected. It is taking “a guillotine” to the judiciary, says Julio Ríos of ITAM, a university in Mexico City.