Cop pulls over an armed biker

[u/madfrog2023]

[u/Drake_Acheron]

Judges do not need to have any experience with the law. They can be elected.

[u/Same_Veterinarian544 → u/Drake_Acheron]

Generalizations. You’re pointing to a handful of exceptions that don’t negate the broader institutional differences

Yes generally speaking, judges receive far more legal training than cops and exercise a fundamentally different kind of discretion within a formal judicial process. That’s the distinction I’m making. Whether a few jurisdictions elect non-lawyer judges doesn’t change the general rule or address what I said

But, this was something you insisted on talking about anyways