Portland judge says she’s too busy running for reelection to oversee trials

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Lemmy

Electing judges is dumb as fuck.
What would you suggest instead?

Career judges with a strong oversight board.

With the exception of the US, all other developed countries rely exclusively on them, and, for the most part, have a better justice system.

Comparison between US data show that elected judges will decide cases differently based on distance to the elections (I.e. they will more heavy handed closer to elections). That’s not justice, it’s bringing mob mentality to the courts.

No amount of half wits endorsing your stance makes your point not dumb as shit. Our system is rotted to the core and you know it, and you want them to appoint our judges? Which leaves us no way of taking it back from them.

Examine the sources of your information, because this is, derogatory terms inserted here, of an opinion.

Your argument boils down to: we can’t fix our broken system because our system is broken.

You’re either a right ring troll trying to convince people that nothing can be done, or you’ve internalized the nihilism they try to implant.

Allowing politicians to select judges leads us to ruin at this point in time. Maybe not in canada, yet, ya hoser, but in the US for sure. It is laughable to think that allowing the system to appoint judges would work better.

Look at the UK right now! Look at it! How is that working by the way? Or do you not even know they are cancelling the magna carta as we speak?

The magna carta which established parliament? Are they dissolving parliament and returning absolute power to the monarchy? Or are you as delusional as you sound?

Really, mods? You call this a “slap fight”?

The guy claimed the UK is “canceling the magna carta.” I asked if he really meant to claim they’re dissolving parliament, because that’s what “canceling the magna carta,” which established parliament, would mean.

How is that a slap fight?