Role Of Judges In Government

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How is your role in government different from an elected official? The role I play in Government is my job is look over all of the evidence and understand it, and make sure every piece of evidence is presented. Also, the President appoints us rather than a Political Party which appoints elected officials.
How is it the same? Judges and Elected officials share a common characteristic in the sense that both of us only want the best for the nation and the people.
Do you think judges should be elected? Explain why or why not. No I do not believe Judges should be elected. The reason why I say this is because the way it is just fine because the President knows what he is doing and has the best judgement, also there is no need to waste money on

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