Hiryuu
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- Jul 27, 2016
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Well yes, there's a problem with how the judiciary is appointed.
I like the Swiss system for executive. They have a 7 member executive and each member is appointed by the legislature. You literally have to have impressed people on all sides in order to get put into the executive.
Why not for the judiciary. Right now it's simply a case of gaining the attention of one side and hoping they get into power. Ridiculous.
If both sides had to agree on someone, the Supreme Court might be sensible.
Adjudication of the law shouldn't be political in the first place, so considering political stance is irrelevant, unless you want to add two sided politics into the equation. The problem occurs when the judge doesn't like the law, because it doesn't suit their politics, and wants it to mean something it doesn't. If the law is unsatisfactory in the judge's opinion, the judge has to understand their opinion doesn't have the power to write or change the law.