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Originally Posted by Seaver
So the Executive branch could check the power of the Judicial branch. Just as the Judicial branch checks the Legislative, and the Legislative checks the Executive.
And yes I believe you are being paranoid.
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What I mean is we vote for the president and vice president and we vote for senators and representatives, thus we directly vote for those in power in two of the three branches. Why don't we vote for federal justices? We are trusted in choosing the leaders of the executive and legislative branches, but not the judicial? It's a bit confusing. The executive branch checks by controling the military and police and federal defence and investigation organizations. The legislative branch makes the laws that rule the land. The judicial branch interprits the laws and passes (ta dah) judgment. Those are the checks and balances. Why does someone with obvious party bias get to choose the heads of a different branch?
If by some fluke, we had a terrible, evil president elected (no comments from the peanut gallery), and he chose several evil judges, he could control a majority of the governmental power, and checks and balances would die.