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minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day ago“in a proper democracy, power should be vested in lifetime appointments to the court that cannot be changed by later elections”
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIt was sorta expected they would be highly qualified senior judges, so you have like 20 25 years, not grabbing law school grads that can sit for 50 years. I would support 20 year term, the point is that they should be less sensitive to politics.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours ago they should be less sensitive to politics How’s that working out in practice?
“in a proper democracy, power should be vested in lifetime appointments to the court that cannot be changed by later elections”
It was sorta expected they would be highly qualified senior judges, so you have like 20 25 years, not grabbing law school grads that can sit for 50 years. I would support 20 year term, the point is that they should be less sensitive to politics.
How’s that working out in practice?