What a disgusting power tripping asshole.
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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I essentially feel that way about every judge. The power to choose other people's fates goes to anyone's head, no exceptions.
What would happen if the lower level judges had very limited terms (1 year?) with term limits?
You would have a bunch of incompetent judges. I say create a test and test them vigorously every year. If they fail, they come off the bench.
Oh, i like this idea.
If we had enough incentive to be a judge for a year, i think that there would be a lot of competent volunteers. I try to be an optimist, but it hardly works out.
Lots of cases last much longer than a year.
Good point
How is it that a judge can just decide somebody can be arrested for no other reason than “they didn’t like their attitude”? If a crime hasn’t been committed and a person hasn’t been arrested, how does the judge have any say over what a private citizen is doing? I would expect them to have to have slightly more leeway over their courtroom and they can have people escorted out or whatever, but just being able to detain people for no reason seems like an abuse of power? Across the board it seems like the Judicial branch has too much power.
but just being able to detain people for no reason seems like an abuse of power?
Welcome to America, friend. First time?
We should have written something when the country was formed. Maybe some stuff about unlawful detention or false imprisonment. A fair and speedy trial would be cool. Maybe we prevent cruel and unusual punishment while we are at it
That was the old days when a crime was a crime, even if it was an "official presidential act."
Nuts, I really thought I was on to something
Judges have a lot of leeway to hold people in contempt of court. But because the US is so big and has so many judges, you're bound to get a few shitty ones.
[Anakin Padme meme]
As a joke, right?
Right?
I'll take, 'People who should ride the next Oceangate sub,' for $200, Alex.