You have to have elected judges, judges appointed by a politician, or judges appointed by a non-politician (like a board of other judges). There are pros and cons to each, this is not one of the problems that the US has which are solved in the rest of the Western world.
You’ll never completely eliminate all possible bias from human beings serving on a nation’s highest court, but out of the things that could be done, the United States is doing exactly nothing.
Judges on the Canadian Supreme Court are similarly appointed by the executive (they just have a Prime Minister instead of a President) so that isn’t the problem.
You’re missing the point, Canadian judges don’t have to tell which party they support so there’s no expectation from them and it’s much harder to make a call before the case begins what the judges’ opinion will be even if they’ve been put in place by a specific party.
You have to have elected judges, judges appointed by a politician, or judges appointed by a non-politician (like a board of other judges). There are pros and cons to each, this is not one of the problems that the US has which are solved in the rest of the Western world.
You’ll never completely eliminate all possible bias from human beings serving on a nation’s highest court, but out of the things that could be done, the United States is doing exactly nothing.
less than that, actually.
Well, looking at how partisan the supreme Court is it clearly is a problem in the USA that doesn’t seem to affect its northern neighbor…
Judges on the Canadian Supreme Court are similarly appointed by the executive (they just have a Prime Minister instead of a President) so that isn’t the problem.
You’re missing the point, Canadian judges don’t have to tell which party they support so there’s no expectation from them and it’s much harder to make a call before the case begins what the judges’ opinion will be even if they’ve been put in place by a specific party.
American Supreme Court justices don’t have to tell which party they support either.