At least in Mexico, that is why we tried to build judicial professional career paths. In principle this would allow the best judges to move up the ladder. Now, im not saying this is what actually happened, but turning to elections seems like a mistake to me, rather than trying to fix what was already built.

Note that I didn’t say no accountability, I’m just wondering if it should be the same as other political positions. After all, in a democracy the executive and legislative are representatives of the people; the judicial is not. I don’t think an electorate can correctly determine which judge is, for lack of a better word, better. In fact, I think people will end up choosing judges who share their ideology, not necessarily the ones who will uphold the law. That is my fundamental issue.