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Re:South Carolina judges often lack formal training in the law by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday November 30, 2019 @03:42PM (#21672041)
There is nothing "logical" about your extending the idea that judges should not have to have legal training before sentencing people to jail. Not to mention, legislators are kept in check by another branch of government which can strike down laws created by legislature. The indigent and commoners hauled before these magistrates are granted no such meaningful review.
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Re:South Carolina judges often lack formal training in the law by lisper on Saturday November 30, 2019 @04:56PM (#21672362)
Not so. Judges can be impeached by the legislature and recalled by the voters. And there are appeals.

BTW, one of the reasons things are the way they are is that the "indigent and commoners" don't necessarily believe they'll get a fairer shake from someone who has a JD from Harvard than someone who doesn't.

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