Electing Judges in Mexico? It’s a Bad Idea.
But, consistent with his systematic attacks on checks and balances, his project to elect judges could lead to the death of democracy in Mexico.
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Ms. Singh is a professor at Stanford Law School and the executive director of the school’s Rule of Law Impact Lab. Ms. Garcia is an expert adviser to the lab.
https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/#slsnav-our-focus :
Democracy is in decline around the world. Governments elected to power with populist agendas are increasingly adopting authoritarian tactics. There are striking similarities in the methods deployed to subvert democracy. These methods typically include compromising electoral integrity, undermining judicial independence, and quashing free expression and dissent. The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and uses legal tools to counter core threats to democracy and to promote democratic renewal worldwide.
Incredible
if there were consequences for being such a massive piece of shit that most everybody wants to strip you of your power over the lives of others, we wouldn't be blessed with the objective jurisprudence of our Lord and Savior, Clarence Thomas.
no, better to have the power rest in the hands of exclusive organizations with massive economic barriers to entry.
to preserve our democracy against the forces of... democracy.