silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 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-square7fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10
arrow-up1155arrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·9 days agoPoliticians should not be allowed to appoint or fire judges. Its basic common sense.
minus-squareMakeitstop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·9 days agoJudges should be part of the judicial branch, not the executive.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 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.
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.