I was thinking about how to fairly appoint judges and I had this idea. Let's say that instead of the President appointing judges and prosecutors, it is done by a judicial board . This board would be made up of 15 members. Members would be required to have a law degree and be at least 50 years old. Each member would have a single 15 year term and each year when a vacancy is open, a new candidate would be selected at random to fill the seat.
When a judicial position needs to be filled, each board member would be able to nominate one candidate. The board members would rank each candidate and a Condorcet method would be used to determine which candidate gets the position. Judicial appointments would have terms instead of lifetime appointments and the board could remove them before their term is up with a 2/3's vote.
Would this be better than the system we use now or would it just be a cluster fuck? What do you think is the best way to appoint the judges? How would you stop any obstruction and stalling in the selection process as the Republicans have been doing?
When a judicial position needs to be filled, each board member would be able to nominate one candidate. The board members would rank each candidate and a Condorcet method would be used to determine which candidate gets the position. Judicial appointments would have terms instead of lifetime appointments and the board could remove them before their term is up with a 2/3's vote.
Would this be better than the system we use now or would it just be a cluster fuck? What do you think is the best way to appoint the judges? How would you stop any obstruction and stalling in the selection process as the Republicans have been doing?
