I sort-of agree with you, but our system of jurisprudence is adversarial. If there's no one opposing a warrant, it's hard for the judge to take it upon himself

I sort-of agree with you, but our system of jurisprudence is adversarial. If there's no one opposing a warrant, it's hard for the judge to take it upon himself to argue the counter. So, a set of impartial "people's advocates" would go a long way in cutting down this figure of 99%.