The founding fathers realized that to be a country each individual and colony needed to work together. They created a bicameral government to deal with the needs of the country as well as the needs of the individual states and citizens. They knew the states should deal with the communities in the way that the individuals of that state found most efficient. They knew what they were doing. The United States has many elected officials, who are either indirectly or directly chosen by the people.
Individuals vote for whomever they think is proper for certain positions.
The biggest problem is that officials forget they are elected by the people whom they are to represent and who will decide if they stay in office. The Constitution sets forth the laws which the Supreme Court is to abide, and it names Congress responsible for setting up lower courts. Congress is elected by the people and therefore the members of Congress are the public's representatives. Congress should take a step back to realize that they are being paid to represent the public. Today we elect the court officials and they appoint the high ranking police officials.