The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, SCJNG) is the Mexican institution serving as the country's federal high court and the spearhead organisation for the judiciary of the Mexican Federal Government.

Ministers may take leave of their posts for three reasons: The court itself is located just off the main plaza of Mexico City on the corners of Pino Suarez and Carranza Streets.

There is also a mural done by American artist George Biddle entitled "War and Peace" at the entrance to the law library.

[3] The building also contains a mural by Rafael Cauduro, which "graphically illustrates the Gran Guignol of Mexican torture",[citation needed] and includes a depiction of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre as well as "a cut-away of a prison, perhaps the infamous Lecumberri Black Palace where student leaders who escaped death were jailed.

"[citation needed] While this building is still the chief seat for the Supreme Court, an alternative site at Avenida Revolución was opened in 2002.