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But isn't it up to the legislative branch to make/amend laws? Why elect the judiciary branch, which is only supposed to interpret those laws?
by ginko 10y ago
But isn't it up to the legislative branch to make/amend laws? Why elect the judiciary branch, which is only supposed to interpret those laws?
- droopyEyelids 10y agoThis is actually a big deal in America and a fundamental change in how our government operates. Your idea is right, but since the 1960s judicial authority has grown in a way that increases their responsibility to the point where they're almost legislators themselves.
- Amezarak 10y agoBecause there's a lot of different ways to interpret laws, judges have a fair amount of flexibility in sentencing, and elected judges aren't by default just cronies of whoever appointed them.
- zodiac 10y agoI think prosecutors fall under the executive, not the judicial, branch