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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sheriff and judge make sense, or you'll just get partisan people who benefit certain entities put into power by politicians. That's why it's wild to me that SCOTUS is appointed and not elected. They're one of the most powerful organizations in the country, who can dramatically change our laws based on their interpretations, and they're all completely partisan now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Elected judges really isn't all that common in the world. To me (Dutchman), electing judges/sheriffs sounds wild. Police does their own hiring, same goes for the judicial system. Judges decide who gets to be a high court judge, there's no politics involved at all. That to me sounds like a massive violation of the trias politica.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The police do their own hiring here too. But the police chief is usually elected. Same with the sheriff, who manages the county. They're usually an elected position, and then they appoint deputies. So the majority of police officers and sheriff deputies are not elected, but the people running those departments are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I wasn’t even talking about appointed positions, I was talking about earned positions. Much like a promotion from middle management to C-suite, it isn’t appointed or elected. It’s an evaluation of whom would be the best candidate for the position based on partisan-free metrics.

You start being partisan in your work as a lawyer, that translates directly into poor job performance, which would make you ineligible for any Judge position.

Canada has many positions that are earned, but which would be corrupted by either appointed or elected officials.