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Federal judges are appointed by the President and serve for life. There are possibly corruption problems in the Eastern district of Texas, but the root problem
by repiret 8y ago
Federal judges are appointed by the President and serve for life. There are possibly corruption problems in the Eastern district of Texas, but the root problems are the patent laws themselves, and its the elected members of congress who can fix that.
- munk-a 8y ago(wearing my project management hat) Fix the easy problems first, then fix the hard ones.
- paulgb 8y agoI'm curious about another root problem: why are corporate civil cases heard by a jury in the first place? Never mind that juries are bound to be influenced when billions of dollars are at stake[1], how about the fact that these cases are both technically and legally complex? I'm not an expert in this stuff but as far as I can tell the USA is unique in allowing juries to hear this sort of trial, even among countries with a right to jury in a criminal trial. 1. E.g. the Samsung skating rink in front of the Marshall Texas courthouse
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoIt's the seventh amendment to the constitution. Amendment 7 - Rights in Civil Cases In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.