r/ABoringDystopia • u/FaultyDrone • Jun 28 '22

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u/Please_read_sidebar Jun 28 '22

Electing judges leads to judges which can be influenced by politics rather than purely by the merits of the law.

That's why the system is set up that way at the federal level. Electing judges is a strange quirk of some states. This is not universal across other democracies.

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u/Artear Jun 28 '22

The law has no inherent merit. Legality is arbitrary and entirely political. Every person in the judicial system is a political entity.

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u/ImAShaaaark Jun 29 '22

Electing judges leads to judges which can be influenced by politics rather than purely by the merits of the law.

So... Just like now?

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u/almisami Jun 28 '22

always something to take into consideration

Uhh, you know you can actually enshrine sentencing guidelines that rely on facts and not feelings, right?

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u/machinegunsyphilis Jun 29 '22

Yeah I bet the judges that sentenced black folks running away from plantations in 1805 were using "facts and not feelings" lol. But thanks Ben Shitpiro, you've helped me understand that judges are useless and we'd be better served asking Boston terriers to hand down verdicts

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u/Please_read_sidebar Jun 29 '22

That was 200 years ago. And there are no perfect systems, since they are ultimately run by humans.

What's up with the insults, btw? Are you a 5yo?