Corruption is rampant in our justice system. Too often, a judge makes a decision based on their political activism rather than on the constitution and the actual laws. We deserve only the best of judges in our country! If a judge is an activist, or corrupt, or just plain incompetant, then we need a way to prove it and then remove them. I propose that judges be rated on their decisions. If a judge makes a decision, and that decision is overturned on appeal, then obviously that original decision may have been wrong. That will be counted as a bad decision and be used to rate the judge. If a higher appeal overturns the corrected decision, then that bad mark would be removed. All the judges decisions at all levels will be rated in this way. At the end of a certain time period, perhaps, 3 years, the total cut off number (or possibly percentage) will be determined for a good or bad rating. A judge with a bad rating will automatically be removed. Any judge who consistently has their decisions overturned on appeal is obviously not a good judge! This will weed out those who use their authority wrongly, or who are corrupt, or are activists pushing an agenda! This proposal will work at the federal level and at the state level. It probably would not work for the supreme court, but after a period of time where bad and corrupt judges are removed, the supreme court will end up with a better quality of lower judges to select from.
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There’s a whole other level of corruption that needs to be addressed in the legal system. When a judge gives a verdict that doesn’t fit the crime. For instance giving a six week sentence to county for killing two people and seriously injuring a third.