Ontario Premier Doug Ford lashed out Wednesday against “terrible, bleeding-heart” judges who he claimed are blocking the government’s agenda, musing that perhaps judges in Ontario should be elected so that they are more responsive to public sentiment.
  • Bleys@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    John Oliver had a segment on how electing judges in the US is a shitshow, mainly because it forces an otherwise non-partisan job to align with a party and also forces them to spend more time campaigning and less time on their actually job.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      And then when the other party is unhappy with some judge’s decision they go with “RADICAL DEMOCRAT JUDGE!”