Elected judges are far worse than appointed. You do not want someone campaigning and judging cases at the same time. They inevitably issue decisions that have precedential downstream effects and are based purely on trying to win their electorate.
Look who the electorate just chose to run the country. You want them selecting judges too!? It’s slightly better the way it is since there’s at least some oversight.
Why don’t we just take the whole “appointment of judges” away. Why are we not electing judges?
Elected judges are far worse than appointed. You do not want someone campaigning and judging cases at the same time. They inevitably issue decisions that have precedential downstream effects and are based purely on trying to win their electorate.
Direct popular vote judge elections have their own set of issues - at the very least for lower courts
For instance, they tend to lead towards judges issuing out harsher penalties when campaigning than they normally would to appear “'tough on crime”
Look who the electorate just chose to run the country. You want them selecting judges too!? It’s slightly better the way it is since there’s at least some oversight.