• CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    The US supreme court judges are appointed by politicians: They are political appointees. In a lot of other countries supreme court judges are selected by a non-political committee, like every other non-political appointee.

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      3 months ago

      In a lot of other countries supreme court judges are selected by a non-political committee

      My worldwide knowledge of this is limited. In Germany, each of the two ‘houses’ of parliament (Bundestag and Bundesrat) elect one half of the ‘Supreme Court’’s (Bundesverfassungsgericht) members (judges and other staff).

      Article 94 of the constitution. (Translated)