"administration"? I avoided that. I was commenting in general terms. "countries with truly dysfunctional judicial" I suspect that much of how people get alo

"administration"? I avoided that. I was commenting in general terms. "countries with truly dysfunctional judicial" I suspect that much of how people get along in such a country is just to pay enough to the right persons. As a joke, that would often be faster and cheaper than following the US system fully honestly. I'm reminded of the movie where, given a problem, someone could go to Vito and get a solution -- he had "all the judges and politicians in his pocket". The role of Congress: The SCOTUS is from the Constitution, and all the rest are from Congress. If Congress sees a problem with those courts, it can fix it right away -- impeach a judge, cut off their funds, abolish their court, etc. Just because our legal system is not the worst possible in the world does not mean that we should tolerate its faults.