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Re:South Carolina judges often lack formal training in the law by majos on Saturday November 30, 2019 @01:51PM (#21671533)
> And in this case, requiring judges be lawyers clearly doesn't seem reasonable to the majority, or things would be different.

This assumes that the current state of the law is tacitly approved by the majority of people, which isn't true. For example, polls strongly suggest that a strong majority (>60%) of Americans support marijuana legalization [1], but federal legalization is nowhere to be seen. Polls suggest that an even stronger majority (>80%) of Americans support background checks on all firearm purchases [2], but federal legislation again seems far away.

[1] https://apnews.com/8eb58810be2642b3a2c81e9da247ff80

[2] https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/oct/03/...

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Re:South Carolina judges often lack formal training in the law by lisper on Saturday November 30, 2019 @01:57PM (#21671563)
Yes, that's true, because the U.S. is not a direct democracy, so a vocal and motivated minority can wield a disproportionate influence over policy. But I don't see a lot of people marching in the streets to change the way judges are chosen.
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