Tag: Supreme Court of Argentina

• Thursday, June 18th 2026 - 07:43 UTC

  Milei reforms by decree the system for appointing Argentina's Supreme Court justices

  

  Argentina's President Javier Milei reformed by decree the system for appointing Supreme Court justices: he eliminated a stage of citizen participation prior to the nomination and removed the recommendation to consider criteria of gender, specialty and regional-origin diversity. The measure, made official on Tuesday, was questioned by legal experts and judicial-sector organizations.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Decisive hours for Cristina Kirchner: Argentina awaits judicial decision amid mounting tension

  

  Argentina faces a moment of heightened political tension as the country awaits a final decision from the Federal Oral Tribunal No. 2 (TOF2) on whether former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be detained following the Supreme Court’s recent confirmation of her corruption conviction and lifetime ban from public office.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

  Milei fills Supreme Court vacancies by decree absent the Senate's consent

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei decided Tuesday to appoint Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla to the Supreme Court (CSJN) by decree in a move that further dented his image following his U-turn in foreign policy regarding Ukraine and the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal, among other events that challenge La Libertad Avanza's (LLA) chances for this year's mid-term elections. The magistrate's appointment will be effective until the end of the next legislative term, as provided for in the Constitution in case of vacancies.

• Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina: Feud with Patagonian provinces not settled despite judiciary ruling

  

  A Federal Judge in Rawson ruled Tuesday that the national government of Argentine President Javier Milei should have not withheld the so-called co-participation funds owed to the province of Chubut. Nevertheless, Buenos Aires will reportedly take the case to the federal Supreme Court. Hence, the matter is far from settled.

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina's Supreme Court to review Milei's decree in February

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) Friday agreed to review the constitutionality of President Javier Milei's recent emergency decree (DNU) deregulating most of the country's economy but announced it will not happen until after the Jan. 2024 Judiciary recess

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  Argentine gov't now says it will pay City of Buenos Aires's tax share

  

  The Argentine government announced Monday that it will pay the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) its share of the so-called co-participation funds after saying last week that the Supreme Court ruling ordering the measure was untenable and that further appeals “in extremis” would be filed.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Argentina's Supreme Court against paying income tax

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court is under alert after the 2023 Budget Bill sent to Congress includes a provision whereby Judiciary magistrates and clerks would pay income taxes, from which they are exempted on arguable Constitutional grounds.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court endorses Buenos Aires City' objection to decree banning on-site schooling

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in favour of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and against the Federal Government in their controversy regarding on-site schooling.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina's Supreme Court claims original jurisdiction in face-to-face schooling issue

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court Monday ruled that the issue concerning the City of Buenos Aires' objection to the presidential decree banning on-site schooling until April 30 falls under its very own original jurisdiction as per Article 117 of the Constitution, thus rendering void all previous resolutions by any lower tribunal into that matter.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez's first corruption trial confirmed for next Tuesday

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's corruption trial can go ahead; after protesters demonstrated against rumours the case might be delayed. Trial is set to begin on Tuesday over accusations that CFK favoured businessman Lazaro Baez in the attribution of 52 public works contracts worth 46 billion pesos (US$1.2 billion) during her 2007-15 presidency.