You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment
Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.
The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.
Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.
It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty