内容摘要：The event was a much-needed boost for Nawrocki after a long week of bad news.

The event was a much-needed boost for Nawrocki after a long week of bad news.

Before Mexico decided to elect its judges, the choice of judicial leaders was made through internal government channels.Supreme Court justices, for instance, were nominated by Mexico's president and approved in the Senate. A judicial commission, meanwhile, selected the other federal judges, evaluating candidates through exams, coursework and experience.

But last year, a constitutional amendment paved the way for Sunday's controversial election.It was a final, parting victory for outgoing PresidentAndres Manuel Lopez Obrador

, the political mentor of Mexico's current leaderLopez Obrador had long clashed with Mexico's Supreme Court. During his six-year term, many of his signature policy proposals had come before the court.

In 2023, for instance, it ruled that Lopez Obrador could not use "national security" as an excuse to fast-track the construction of

in the Yucatan Peninsula.The budget bill clocks in at over a thousand pages, and it contains a range of domestic policy priorities for the Trump administration.

That includes legislation cementing some of theTrump championed during his first term as president, in 2017. It would also increase the funds available for Trump’s “mass deportation” effort and heightened security along the US-Mexico border.

Some $46.5bn, for instance, would be earmarked to renew construction of the southern border wall and other barriers, another hallmark of Trump’s first term in office.But to pay for those tax cuts and policy priorities, the bill proposes measures that remain controversial on both sides of the political spectrum.