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> That a court makes a legislature obey the laws that were written My qualm is that the legislature is a representative body. Where-as judges making these deci
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
> That a court makes a legislature obey the laws that were written
My qualm is that the legislature is a representative body. Where-as judges making these decisions are political appointments, often serving for life, and individuals have drastic ability to interpret & rule to their own interpretation. Maybe their decisions get checked, eventually, or maybe they are used to build yet more onto the immutable unchangeable pile of precedence that judge's ruling establish bit by bit without possibility to reassess. Laws change, but in case law, rulings are forever.
If we could rely on judges to produce the same conclusions as one another, that'd be one thing. But we have enormous power to change and alter laws, how they are interpreted & executed. And in America people bringing cases can specifically target the exact judge they want. The Federal Justices conference has recommended procedures be changed to stop this horseshit, it's been an ask from Democrats repeatedly, but Texas for example has outspokenly said they will not make any changes, will continue to allow exact court shopping. https://archive.ph/sm4Ma https://archive.ph/sm4Ma https://www.keranews.org/government/2024-04-02/north-texas-federal-court-wont-adopt-guidelines-to-curb-judge-shopping-dallas-judge-says https://www.keranews.org/government/2024-04-02/north-texas-f...
The judges are incredibly powerful in this system, and are increasingly world wide using incredible bias.
- Arnt 3y agoYour description of judges makes me think that you haven't read many judgments or legal literature.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoOh ho ho! Oh my! Touche! Except uh, the links I've shared are already showing how absurd & twisted the courts are being made by court shopping. How easy it is to go seek out a favorable court system. How it's become so bad the Judicial Conference of the United States is demanding change, is worn thin from this longstanding systematic abuse.