Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decided to intervene in the case filed by La Pampa against the National State over the distribution of National Treasury Contributions. The highest court gave the government 60 days to respond.

8. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

The defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro filed a request for criminal review with the Supreme Federal Court on Friday, May 8. Lawyers claim judicial error in the conviction for coup attempt.

The first trial linked to corruption in Pedro Sánchez’s government concluded Wednesday at the Supreme Court. Chief anti-corruption prosecutor Alejandro Luzón spent one hour and forty minutes denouncing a criminal organization that operated from the Ministry of Transport.

6. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

In response to the Supreme Court's Callais v. Louisiana decision curtailing Voting Rights Act protections (as covered in this series), Alabama lawmakers have begun a special session to reinstate 2023 congressional maps if courts lift a prior ban. Critics say the move would undermine Black representation.

Former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz gave his first interview after his conviction for revealing secrets in the case involving Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner. In La Sexta's 'Lo de Évole', he denies leaking information to journalists and describes the sentence as a 'very hard surprise'. He defends his innocence and regrets that 'the pursuer of crimes has ended up convicted'.

3. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29 ruling in Callais v. Louisiana—which struck down a second majority-Black congressional district as racial gerrymandering—civil rights advocates in the Deep South have condemned the decision as a threat to Black representation. States including Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana are redrawing maps, prompting vows of lawsuits and midterm mobilization.