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If Ortiz's only interest is truly to bully the weak and serve the powerful then she's a bad apple. You're claiming that the entire bushel of apples is rotten,
by mpyne 14y ago
If Ortiz's only interest is truly to bully the weak and serve the powerful then she's a bad apple.
You're claiming that the entire bushel of apples is rotten, but that wouldn't make any single one good.
- johnpmayer 14y agoThis may be silly semantics, but the idiom "a bad apple" typically means one bad person in a group of people who are good.
- mpyne 14y agoI know, that's why I added my second paragraph ;)
- walshemj 14y agoIt's the elected nature of judges and prosecutors that is the main problem - to much emphasis on news worthy cases to get elected and not on applying the spirit of the law. No Judge or Prosecutor should ever be elected its just to dangerous and to make a start I suggest that supreme court Justices should have a minimum of at least 20 years experience as a Judge - not as one recent one zero experience being just an academic lawyer.
- slapshot 14y agoFederal prosecutors (like Carmen Ortiz) are not elected. Carmen Ortiz was appointed by President Obama in 2009. The rest of the prosecutors in her office were hired as part of the civil service system and are insulated from politics. Federal judges (like the judge that was hearing Aaron's case) are not elected; they are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Same for Supreme Court justices; you may remember Justice Sotomayor being appointed by President Obama and being confirmed by the Senate. Given the way that politics are, it's unlikely that a judge with 20 years of experience will be appointed to the Supreme Court: over a 20-year career as a judge, they will have inevitably made a controversial decision that the "other side" would fairly/unfairly pick apart.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoI believe he's saying they shouldn't be allowed to run for public office in the future. Once a prosecutor, always a prosecutor. Remove any incentive to bend the justice system to future ambitions.
- walshemj 14y agoAh sorry I was confusing this with District attorney. The point about Judges or prosecutors being not selected because they have pissed off one side or the other stands - I think the UK system is safer as it mush harder for politicians to block or influence.