I reject the US antidemocratic idea that democracy needs a check to keep the mob under control. All positions of power should be elected imo, the people are the only check on power necessary to maintain good governance.

The entire reason for unelected Courts is to rule against democracy when the People are "wrong". Fuck that.

The few times Courts have ruled in favor of progress do not absolve them of their original sin of being antidemocratic.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah, see I also think the US system is messed up, but for the opposite reason. The US is one of the few places in the world with elected judges, and most of the rest are political appointments. In the rest of the world, there are non-partisan process to select qualified judges. Political appointments for administrative positions are just bad and contributes to the polarization we see today. With elections, I don't think the majority of voters are actually researching and assessing these down-ballot races, but just voting along party lines. This means, instead of a (TBF, potentially flawed) non-partisan process, you just have the parties selecting judges, giving political parties even more power.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

The US's judicial system is bad entirely because of the political appointees. The elected judges are not the problem lol