YoBuckStopsHereWisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’
spezWhy are judges in america politically aligned? Can anyone tell me about the election process of judges? In my country, we have the collegium system, which causes a lot of nepotism but keeps the government out of courts.
TeryVenenoI don’t know that much but I know it’s not much different than the regular election process. Judges have to “campaign” and get elected by voters in certain states. This did not used to be an issue as much in the past as judges would indeed be biased but they wouldn’t exercise it as much. (Still not a great system at all imo)
Recently though, judges have been way more political as certain historical rulings have moved out of fact-based territory to religious/politically based entirely like abortion or gay marriage.
Amending a constitution is actually pretty hard so the courts have massive leeway to decide on issues like abortion despite it being more of a policy thing than a law thing.