It's (unfortunately) not an American problem. I have firsthand experience that courts are highly prestige-driven and the best way to make your case is have a to

It's (unfortunately) not an American problem. I have firsthand experience that courts are highly prestige-driven and the best way to make your case is have a ton of expensive-looking and official-sounding documents written by 'experts' that support your argument. Judges are like every high-level decisionmaker ever - the thing they fear the most is publicly being proven wrong so they always go for the safe option where they can share the responsibility of their decisions with 'experts'.