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US institutions also answer to the US government...
by La1n 6y ago
US institutions also answer to the US government...
- macintux 6y agoJudges don’t answer to the government. They can be impeached, but that effectively never happens.
- baddox 6y agoSo they answer to no one?
- macintux 6y agoThey can be overruled by higher courts, and in some localities they’re forced to run for election.
- DetroitThrow 6y agoWe trust them to answer to SCOTUS, who we in turn trust to interpret the constitution that a majority of us have agreed to keep. Basically a group of people whose entire job is to interpret the actions in terms of law, constitution, and human rights - a marrying of theories on social contract, natural rights, and separation of powers that we've seen emulated (and improved upon) across the free world :) Overall, I particularly enjoy this system over one that is accountable to a single entity.
- sbmthakur 6y agoYes, and those leading the government are elected by the people every few years.