The Constitutional Chamber is made up of seven (7) justices, and the Political-Administrative, Civil Cassation, Criminal Cassation, Social Cassation and Electoral Chambers are made up of five (5) Justices each.

[La Sala Constitucional estará integrada por siete (7) Magistrados o Magistradas, y las Salas Político Administrativa, de Casación Civil, de Casación Penal, de Casación Social y Electoral estarán integradas por cinco (5) Magistrados o Magistradas, cada una de ellas.]

Of course, 7+5+5+5+5+5=32. (The old law had been 5+3+3+3+3+3=20.)

So here’s some advice for Julio Borges and Henry Ramos Allup as they try to deal with a recalcitrant Constitutional Chamber. Don’t get golosos. When you reform the TSJ law, you should literally cut-and-paste the 2004 reform, changing just one number:

The Constitutional Chamber is made up of fifteen (15) justices, and the Political-Administrative, Civil Cassation, Criminal Cassation, Social Cassation and Electoral Chambers are made up of five (5) Justices each.

[La Sala Constitucional estará integrada por quince (15) Magistrados o Magistradas, y las Salas Político Administrativa, de Casación Civil, de Casación Penal, de Casación Social y Electoral estarán integradas por cinco (5) Magistrados o Magistradas, cada una de ellas.]

That’s it.

Change nothing else in the law.

Really nothing.

Dare them to declare unconstitutional the exact same text that made them all powerful. If for no other reason than to kick back and laugh at the jurisprudential contortions they’d have to engage in to rule it unconstitutional.

You have power now. Use it.