Should Supreme Court Justices be elected directly by the voters ..?

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by harrymiafl

Again,I feel sorry that a huge majority of 86% have a clearly undemocratic view of the justice system in USA...
I hoped I could persuade 40% of the forumers ,but at 14% approval,elected justices are not even a remote political issue

You do realize that a truly democratic justice system would do away with a "system" altogether. No judges needed. Someone breaks a law, the people form a posse. They apprehend the guilty party. They discipline the guilty party. There's no reason for the accused to have a trial. If the majority of people believe in the accused's guilt, then in a democracy the accused is guilty. There's no reason to have sentencing guidelines. In a democracy, the people decide what the appropriate sentence is.

[harrycrat]

In the 1st ever "democracy" ( only for men,women,minorities & slaves did not vote...) ,in ancient Athens,quoted by so many politicians with classical culture,all judges were elected directly by the people,not indirectly by politicians,as in USA...

Anyway,for the time being,it is a non-issue...