Essay On Federal Judges

Federal judges are appointed by the United States President and is confirmed by the Senate, including the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The United States court system uses different kinds of judges for different purposes and at different levels including city, county, state, and federal. Most judges are usually elected moat the local level, however, federal judges are appointed. Federal judges have the authority and discretion over all the cases that are involved in federal law and the U.S. Constitution. At the moment there are currently 865 federal judges in the United States, who sit at different levels of the system. The American Bar Association, also known as, the ABA, maintains a list of candidates to be a federal judge. THe ABA
Though I think it a pretty good process for selecting a judge but it does have its flaws. For example, even though the President has the ability to choose the judge the final decision is left to the Senate. By this I mean personally the final decision of accepting on who the new judge should be left to the public. The reason is a person can easily argue that a person’s political belief can be reflected on who is appointed judge. So, by letting the public have the decision it would allow them a peace of mind on who is chosen and have a similar mindset to the public. Another alternative would be to let the people elect the judge. With the alternative where the public is able to elect the judge there are quite a few pros and cons. For pros the judge will be able to be more answerable to the public. As well as, if judge has too many decision that really go against what the public believes, than they can be removed. The cons are judges are supposed to be rule based on the law, instead of what is popular. Also, if the judge wants to continue to stay in office and not be impeached they would have to stick with the popular opinion instead of what the law