Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“[I]n 2021 the national Legislative Assembly, which was dominated by Bukele’s party, voted to remove the judges in what is called the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court. Given that it has the power to declare actions of the president unconstitutional, it is the most important part of the Salvadoran Supreme Court. The reason for removing those judges? They were issuing rulings that challenged the constitutionality of Bukele’s ’emergency’ measures during the Covid crisis. Bukele didn’t like judges challenging his authority. Sound familiar? So, he and his cohorts effectively just fired those judges and replaced them with new ones who, Bukele no doubt hoped, would uphold the constitutionality of whatever action he decided to take, including running for a third term as president, which the Salvadoran constitution prohibits. In March 2022, Bukele and the national Legislative Assembly declared a ‘national emergency.’ Sound familiar?” (04/16/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/04/16/the-united-states-of-el-salvador/