The American system of justice is the model for the world Architects of emerging democracies recognize judicial independence as fundamental to a government run under the rule of law. We don't want a system of telephone justice here, as in China and other totalitarian systems, where judges make decisions by first phoning their political bosses. Independent judges protect the American people from politicians and big government States created poll taxes and literacy tests to screen African Americans out of the voting booth. Judges recognized the right of minorities to participate in democracy. Judges were at the forefront of ending segregation.
Legislators make the law.
They should let judges do their job. Juvenile Court Judge Lynne Kawamoto, confronted with 28 abused and neglected children from one home, used the law to free 22 for adoption and place five in one foster home. The last is being cared for by the state child welfare system. Judge Richard Sirica stood up to a sitting president when he ruled that Richard Nixon's executive privelege did not cloak the Watergate tapes in secrecy. Use local examples of judges who have done their jobs especially well.