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Re:The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name by kbutler on Monday June 19, 2017 @02:06PM (#14588993)
That insulation from politics is the same rationale for monarchy/hereditary positions/equal-representation-in-senate/electoral college.

When we're in the victorious minority, we like insulation from direct majority rule, but when we're in the disgruntled majority, those restrictions on democracy aren't quite as attractive.

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Re:The Slants Win Supreme Court Battle Over Band's Name by openasocket on Monday June 19, 2017 @03:22PM (#14589618)
Insulation from politics isn't really why I like the judiciary. It's that their entire basis for influence requires a line of reasoning and rational thought. Having electable judges is to some degree orthogonal to the issue.
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