Domestic critics and international observers have argued the overhaul will undermine the rule of law and key civil institutions, potentially putting the country on a path back toward the corrupt, one-party rule that dominated Mexico for most of the twentieth century.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's is pushing to reform his country's judicial branch in ways that would undermine constitutional checks and balances, while U.S. President Biden is denouncing López Obrador's efforts while seeking to do the same thing,