Macri bypasses Congress to appoint two Supreme Court justices by decree (first since 1862).

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2. To be perfectly fair to them, Rosenkrantz and Rosatti are pretty moderate.

Rosenkrantz is the Director of the University of San Andrés (one of the few prestigious private colleges in Argentina, i.e. not Opus Dei controlled) where he also teaches Legal Theory.

Rosatti actually served as Justice Minister for a year (2004-05) during the Néstor Kirchner administration. He later served as Solicitor General for the Economy Ministry (he defended Economy Ministry decisions against lawsuits by lobbyists and political hacks).

My conclusions are therefore these: that Macri negotiated these appointments with the Senate a priori (the Kirchnerist majority may have actually suggested these two names to him themselves); and that Macri is using them as Trojan horses - two very reasonable picks meant to put the Senate at ease for the next time he makes recess appointments to the Supreme Court.

And that may be as soon as next year, because by law these two guys can't stay on as Justices any longer than next November 30 (the end of the next Congress). That's when Macri's Opus Dei freaks will most likely come out of the woodwork.

Either way, this is no way to govern.