Argentine President Javier Milei has signed Decree 467/2026, eliminating a 23-year-old public consultation stage from the process of appointing Supreme Court justices, in which citizens, NGOs, bar associations and academic bodies could formally submit observations on candidates before nominations were sent to the Senate. The reform also removes requirements to advertise candidacies in national newspapers and scraps guidelines encouraging diversity of gender, regional origin and legal speciality among nominees. The move drew swift condemnation from legal experts and judicial organisations, who filed constitutional challenges and injunctions against it, while the government defended the changes as a way to "streamline" procedures, noting that Senate hearings preserve citizen participation — a court that, notably, has operated with only three of its mandated five justices since 2024.