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Re:Who ordered the car bomb that killed Maltese journalist D... by tialaramex on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:48PM (#22930648)
This can become a problem if your judiciary is corrupted.

I mean, it ought to be fine, but if a country were to let politicians pick the judges, that would be a problem right?

Like maybe one elected politician just gets to pick anybody he wants, friend of a rich donor maybe, and they're now a judge even though they've no relevant qualifications?

Not mentioning any particular North American countries whose name begin with the letter 'U'.

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Re:Who ordered the car bomb that killed Maltese journalist D... by lonelappde on Monday April 20, 2020 @09:25PM (#22930887)
Justicial Appointments are confirmed by Congress.

USA has many problems, but its Constitution is not one of them.

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Re:Who ordered the car bomb that killed Maltese journalist D... by Supermancho on Monday April 20, 2020 @10:24PM (#22931212)
> Justicial Appointments are confirmed by Congress.

How is this a defense from corruption? The judicial is gated by the corruption from authority. This process is why judges are largely grouped into conservative or liberal appointments...because the Supreme Court Judge positions are almost always the result of a specific political environment. At any given point in time, there is a large pool of technically qualified judges. Who gets vetted (politically) is the topic of discussion, in the confirmation hearings.

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Re:Who ordered the car bomb that killed Maltese journalist D... by pstuart on Monday April 20, 2020 @09:34PM (#22930953)
> USA has many problems, but its Constitution is not one of them.

I, and many others consider our country to be experiencing a constitutional crisis, so I politely refute your assertion.

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Re:Who ordered the car bomb that killed Maltese journalist D... by lazerpants on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:31PM (#22939532)
>By many measures the USA is one of the most corrupt countries ever to have existed.

Source?

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