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You elect judges??? Who in hell thought that was a good idea?
by benj111 4y ago
You elect judges???
Who in hell thought that was a good idea?
- erehweb 4y agoThe Progressive movement of the early 1900s - see e.g. Pg 4 of https://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/unit_1.pdf?1564533410 https://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/uni...
- dkjaudyeqooe 4y agoDo you think the outcomes on, say, the US Supreme Court are better?
- thebigman433 4y agoWhat do you think is a better way of doing it? Elections seem like the most fair way to me
- benj111 4y agoFair? Every politician ever says they're tough on crime, and this basically turns judges into politicians. I don't want a judge that's tough on crime, I want a judge that's impartial. I want a judge judging a case purely on its merits, not with one eye on the upcoming election, and what's popular with voters. I don't know how it's done elsewhere. Probably selection by peers, some kind of veto from the government? You need someone capable of assessing the quality of someone's judgements. The general public ain't it.