The US Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in democracy. This takes the US to the level of countries that admittedly struggle with the application of rule of law.

I'm Bulgaria we've been struggling with such problems since the (incomplete) fall of totalitarianism and we know how the legal system is instrumentalised in state capture. Some specific examples? Popular elections for judges, prosecutors or other roles that require specialised expertise, lifetime appointments, unchecked political donations,...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-courts-contempt-for-facts-is-a-betrayal-of-justice/