silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTrump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York | The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down10cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkTrump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York | The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 days agoPoliticians should not be allowed to appoint or fire judges. Its basic common sense.
minus-squareMakeitstop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 days agoJudges should be part of the judicial branch, not the executive.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoFun fact: there are no official qualifications to be a judge. You just have to be appointed. You’d think it would be a requirement to be a lawyer first or at least have a law degree.
minus-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoright, let’s make judges politicians!
Politicians should not be allowed to appoint or fire judges.
Its basic common sense.
Judges should be part of the judicial branch, not the executive.
Fun fact: there are no official qualifications to be a judge. You just have to be appointed. You’d think it would be a requirement to be a lawyer first or at least have a law degree.
right, let’s make judges politicians!