• queermunist she/her
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    2 months ago

    Okay, and I’m responding to how a bad system actually works in the real world in my country. The lack of democratic input and oversight of the Judiciary in the US is the problem. US judges have always been bad because they were either appointed to undermine democracy or elected by undemocratic means. The problem has never been democracy.

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      2 months ago

      Yes, but your country being unable to have sensible judicial selection and poor judicial elections is not an argument for anywhere else.

      The US ranges from failure to bad.

      Other countries range from the good to the point other countries refuse to replace their own court system in order to continue using the good judiciary that’s trusted internationally.

      Using the US as an example to follow in this case is a bad idea. Even if removing selection from the US system would be an improvement, it isn’t relevant anywhere else.

      Especially when discussing an ideological law like making elections compulsory.

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        2 months ago

        Mexico, being a US neighbor, is probably basing some of this decision off of the shit show happening across the border. I suppose that does bias their decision making.

        I guess we’ll see how it works out, since this looks like a done deal.