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Sorry I have to ask, what are the checks on judges? What if you change judge every time?

by chj 7y ago

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JumpCrisscross 7y ago
> what are the checks on judges? Other judges. This is why appeals and petitions to higher courts exist.
- megous 7y ago
  Worse problem for democracy is refusal of prosecutors to prosecute public officials even in cases of obvious miscarriage of their duties to the public (or lets say highly controversial acts with high casualty counts and largescale damage on property of other people - like going to arrest 4 people for parole violation and contempt of court,... and burning down the entire neighbourhood and killing 11 people). One egregious example is (today is the aniversary) 1985 bombing of MOVE: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE What are the checks on refusal to prosecute? Are there even any? One might find it more apppealing to cooperate with a justice system that at least tries to do its job wrt people who police the public.
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  - jfengel 7y ago
    All of the lawyers I've spoken to (liberal, conservative, and other) seem to feel that it's a necessary evil to avoid exposing every public official to constant harassment on every decision. That is, it's not perfect, and bad things do happen, but rarely, and the alternatives to fix those rare cases are worse. I'm not entirely sure I buy that. It does sound an awful lot like collective ass-covering. But I do try to take into account that prominent, widely-noted failures do not necessarily invalidate a system that functions reasonably well most days.
prepend 7y ago
There is both a hierarchy of courts and judges are appointed or elected on different schedules and methods to help prevent a single mindset, age, philosophy, and capability. There’s also public records of petitions brought up against motions. So if I disagree with an injunction, I have legal recourse in the court above the one issuing an order.

Sorry I have to ask, what are the checks on judges? What if you change judge every time?

by chj 7y ago

Sorry I have to ask, what are the checks on judges? What if you change judge every time?

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JumpCrisscross 7y ago

> what are the checks on judges? Other judges. This is why appeals and petitions to higher courts exist.

megous 7y ago
Worse problem for democracy is refusal of prosecutors to prosecute public officials even in cases of obvious miscarriage of their duties to the public (or lets say highly controversial acts with high casualty counts and largescale damage on property of other people - like going to arrest 4 people for parole violation and contempt of court,... and burning down the entire neighbourhood and killing 11 people). One egregious example is (today is the aniversary) 1985 bombing of MOVE: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,141842,... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE What are the checks on refusal to prosecute? Are there even any? One might find it more apppealing to cooperate with a justice system that at least tries to do its job wrt people who police the public.
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- jfengel 7y ago
  All of the lawyers I've spoken to (liberal, conservative, and other) seem to feel that it's a necessary evil to avoid exposing every public official to constant harassment on every decision. That is, it's not perfect, and bad things do happen, but rarely, and the alternatives to fix those rare cases are worse. I'm not entirely sure I buy that. It does sound an awful lot like collective ass-covering. But I do try to take into account that prominent, widely-noted failures do not necessarily invalidate a system that functions reasonably well most days.

prepend 7y ago

There is both a hierarchy of courts and judges are appointed or elected on different schedules and methods to help prevent a single mindset, age, philosophy, and capability. There’s also public records of petitions brought up against motions. So if I disagree with an injunction, I have legal recourse in the court above the one issuing an order.