u/School_Lunch

I'd wait till he actually does something. His words are often nothing more than a distraction.

Passing an exam sounds good to me, but the paranoid part of me thinks that requirement could be manipulated and corrupted. Even so, that would only give you a pool to select from. It doesnt decide who gets which position. As far as having peer selection, that would be very vulnerable to turning into a good ole boy network.

What are the other options?

Edit: why would someone down vote a question? It's not like it's even a leading question.

I'll try to answer myself.

Options for how a judge is put in their position:

Elected or appointed. Are there any other options?

If they are appointed then you better really trust whoever does the appointing because you will have no recourse if they are a bad fit.

Maybe don't rely on rt for news.. zelensky's popularity shot up after Trump and Vance's oval office disgrace. Trump then sent people to try to convince zelensky's opposition to push for elections, and even the opposition told them to fuck off.

It's all because of propaganda. They live in an entirely different world that is not reality. I'm surrounded by conservative voters where I live and most of them say "I haven't heard about that" whenever I mention a new outrage that's in the news that I see. I think it's their way of saying "I don't believe you".

When I talked to a couple of them about the zelensky oval office fiasco one response was "well I heard that zelensky called Vance a *removed* in the meeting". I pointed out that he was lied to and that the whole thing was recorded and that never happened, but I would bet money that they still believe that lie over me. Another response was the Russian propaganda that zelensky is a dictator. There is no reasoning with them. They don't care about what reality is. They only believe in what makes them feel good and feeds their pride and ego. I've tried having rational discussions, but it always ends with them saying "I can't articulate why you're wrong, but I disagree with you". If you can't articulate something maybe that means you don't understand it enough and should reevaluate your conclusions, but they won't because it would hurt their pride. God damnit I'm am so far beyond frustrated with them.

Same with the oval office. They were saying zelensky was disrespectful. When? I watched the whole thing and was insanely impressed by his restraint. Everyone who does even the smallest favor for Vance should harass him about being thankful. His behavior was absolutely disgusting.