The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that judges cannot be removed from their posts when they are 75 years old. The court also expressed that several other articles of the Judicial Career Law and the National Council of the Magistracy, the body that elects the Supreme Court judges, are contrary to the Constitution. Several civic society groups had requested the opinion of the Supreme Court on the matter. In an editorial, El Caribe newspaper states that the ruling of the Supreme Court could itself be illegal because the Supreme Court is only authorized by the Constitution to annul laws, not to modify them. If the laws were annulled, all appointed judges, including those of the Supreme Court, would be out of their jobs.
