People have to be educated and they have to stick to it. If people lose that respect, an awful lot is lost
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.
Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.