Macri's bid to remove sole woman on Argentine Supreme Court fails

The administration of Argentine President Mauricio Macri has decided to desist in its attempts to remove Supreme Court Justice Elena Highton de Nolasco after a ruling granted her an injunction against Macri's efforts to force her resignation on account of age.

The injunction filed by Nolasco on February 7 sought to preclude the administration from using a clause from Article 99 of the Argentine Constitution that places an age limit of 75 on all Supreme Court justices.

The right-wing Macri administration had hoped to replace Justice Nolasco, appointed to the court by the populist former President Néstor Kirchner in 2004, by forcing her to resign before her 75th birthday this coming December 7.

Administrative Court Judge Enrique Lavié Pico ruled in favor of Nolasco on February 13 however, citing the fact that the age limit clause, enacted in 1994, had already been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1999.

Justice Highton de Nolasco, 74, is only the second woman to serve in Argentina's Supreme Court and the sole woman among the court's five current justices.

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Justice Highton de Nolasco. A tough cookie.[/center]