Deputies, mostly from the ruling Morena party, prepare to hold a session to discuss the judicial reform law at an alternate venue of the Mexican Congress in the Sala de Armas of Mexico City on September 3, 2024. Protesting judicial workers on Tuesday blocked access to Mexico's lower house of Congress to try to prevent a vote on controversial reforms proposed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)