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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 06 2012 @ 05:36 AM EST |
Yup, they are deliberately appointed to be free of political and commercial
patronage pressures. Alos, it's not so long ago that a UK police force chief
(these are powerful individuals) found himself facing jail time if he did not
hurriedly obey a court order to return computer discs to an authorized
researcher. He thought he could ignore the law and court orders.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: tiger99 on Tuesday, November 06 2012 @ 08:06 AM EST |
| The last few governments, of both persuasions, have seemed to be getting far too
involved in the appointment of judges, probably on the incorrect assumption that
everything done in the US is good. Many things are, but the method by which
judges are appointed is not one of them. They are also currently messing about
with the way that chief police officers are appointed. Thus far, there has not
been much effect in most normal circumstances, but it does seem that there is an
underlying intention for the politicians to find themselves police chiefs (Chief
Constable, we call them here) and judges who favour their point of view. The
situation is not irretreivable, yet, but any more political interference, should
it happen, would be somewhat alarming. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 06 2012 @ 11:13 AM EST |
| Federal judges in the United States are appointed for life (or "during good
behaviour" which allows for impeachment) as well. See Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution for details. It is
various State-level judgeships that are either appointed for a term, or directly
elected, but they rarely if ever hear IP cases. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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