Career
Mercado has a bachelor"s degree in political science and history of the Americas, and a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico. She also has a master of laws in constitutional law and civil rights from Columbia University. Before her appointment, Mercado served as a law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as a law clerk for Anabelle RodrÃguez in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
The Association claims that Acting 162 of 2013 is unconstitutional and that it minimizes the principle of judicial independence.
