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> Well they are good at cutting off their noses to spite their face:
I think you've missed a few things.
> 2) Believing *rigidly* in the Constitution, instead of being more flexible
> about it
Only when it suits them. When it doesn't, they will try to make it quite
flexible and twist it into what they want to believe... like that a
President has full immunity from criminal prosecution... and not at all
what it says.
> 4) Having judges be elected, and having them be allowed to decide policy
> matters such as abortion based on some spurious interpretation of the
> Constitution, instead of such questions being decided by the legislatures,
> where they belong.
In the case of abortion, unelected, appointed justices decided to do just
that... turn it back to the states and their legislatures. If you are
pro-choice, this has turned out to be a bad thing for you in many states.
I am not sure that having judges be elected is a bad thing so long as they
have to meet qualifications in order to be on the ballot. The alternative
is to have them appointed, which means they will still have biases... it
would be the biases of those who appoint vs. those who elect. Assuming
they work as other appointments, if they run afoul of the political beliefs
of the appointing authority, they get removed and replaced by someone who
will do what they are told.
At least when they are elected, if they do a horrible job you can get rid
of them come next election.
How does your country manage to completely get around political bias when
it comes to judges? Honest question as here I don't see a way around it.
> 5) Allowing political advertising on TV and radio.
Not sure of the issue here. If the candidates could not advertise at all,
sadly most Americans would just vote based on the party the candidate is
aligned with. Come to think of it, that is probably how most do it anyway.
However, for me, "pro-candidate" advertising often highlights something a
candidate stands for that I really don't like, which prompts me to research
the issue more and can often lead me to realize that the candidate "my
party" has put forward is not the candidate for me.
I do wish there were not so many political ads, and it would be nice if the
ads could only mention what the candidate supports, and not mention the
other candidate at all. Most of our ads spend the majority of their air
time talking about how bad the other candidate is and very little time on the
candidate they are supporting.
* SLMR 2.1a * Those who live by the sword... kill those who don't.
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