Two federal judges in South Florida privately urged Aileen M. Cannon to decline the case when it was assigned to her last year, according to two people briefed on the matter. She chose to keep it.
  • @[email protected]
    8•6 months ago

    There’s still jurisdictions where you can be elected a judge and have not even a single idea about the legal system.

      • @[email protected]English
        11•6 months ago

        Exactly what I was going to say, and a perfect example of one of the giant holes in our system

        trump could have put all of his kids on the SC if he wanted too.

        There’s literally nothing stopping republicans from getting that ridiculous with it except decorum, and that doesn’t mean shit these days

        • @[email protected]
          4•6 months ago

          Except the President only nominates the Justice. They need to be voted in by a simple majority in the Senate.

    • @[email protected]
      6•6 months ago

      I texas you don’t even need a GED for the first few levels of judges. You don’t have to have a law degree until the appellate level.