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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by umanwizard on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:56AM (#17228313)
The US has fifty different independent justice systems run by sovereign, independent States. Each of those States has the power to appoint judges in whatever manner it wants, so of course you get some variety. It’s not like “America decided” to have local judges be elected.
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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by isostatic on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:29AM (#17236111)
No, Americans decided (via their states) that they wanted to elect judges. Why? Do you elect teachers? Firefighters?
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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by jessaustin on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:42PM (#17242349)
Back when this was originally decided, most Americans did not have the right to vote. It would be nice if we could reconsider decisions like this now that we do have that right, but not only because we could come up with a different way to hire judges...
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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by umanwizard on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @09:04AM (#17237224)
No, not all States have elected judges. Only some do. I agree that electing judges is idiotic so I'm not sure what you're trying to convince me of.
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