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 10 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 10 months ago

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

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Anyone has a tldr?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

US and Canada intervened in internal Mexican affairs by expressing their displeasure over Mexican judicial overhaul where judges will now be elected instead of being appointed.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To be more exhaustive, it's better described as a mixed method for election. People will elect ultimately, but only after the candidates are chosen by the three constitutional powers. Also, the candidates will need to cover some requirements. There is a lot of propaganda going on saying anyone could be a judge without any training.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago

USian ambassador meddling with internal policy.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

AMLO is the abbreviated name of the Mexican president for those who had to look it up like me

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why is the link an mp4 video?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you know of a better way to link videos?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No I've never made a post here. I'm just wondering why this is a video by itself and not a link to a news page or something. Just seemed a bit weird.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

It's cause I saw the video linked on Mastodon, so I just linked to it here.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

AMLO is having fun in his lame duck presidency.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

last I checked his party just got reelected with a huge amount of popular support

[–] uberstar@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

~80% approval rating and then some

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

His party, not him.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Only because true Mexican democrats plainly reject reelections of almost any kind due to historical reasons. He could get reelected if he had any trace of the dictatorial character that US-paid propaganda spreads. It's good he wouldn't try it, because a lot of people like me wouldn't support it, but I'm well aware most people would.