Overview
- By unanimous vote, the SCJN invalidated Article 109 of Sonora’s Mobility and Road Safety Law as unconstitutional prior censorship of public demonstrations.
- The ruling arose from a CNDH action of unconstitutionality that challenged Articles 109 and 110 of the 2024 state statute.
- Article 110 remains in force only under a narrow reading that treats notice as communication for protection and logistics, not as an authorization.
- The Court clarified that lack of notice cannot justify preventing, dissolving, or sanctioning a protest, and that spontaneous demonstrations are protected.
- Authorities may intervene only when conduct during a protest constitutes actual crimes or administrative infractions, not based on a protest’s object, theme, or message.