Argumentative Essay On The Justice System

In life finding balance is key to being well rounded in all aspects. When people often times talk about the justice system, they usually have nothing positive in response. What people don’t understand is that we the people make up our system. Within the last 200 years the method we choose to select judges has been a huge debate across the United States. Judges have many responsibilities that they uphold to help our justice system flow. The judges partake on the system is critical. They’re often times involved from the very beginning during some arrest like approving arrest and search warrants. They are sometimes seen as your chief and commander in the courtroom. They have the decision to sentence you which could end your ability to live the American dream. How we select these individuals to become a judge, comes with a huge debate. I believe that when selecting a judge we should analyze how each individual achieves the best balance of accountability and judicial independence. When talking about the issue of whether we should elect or appoint a judge, I believe that we should use merit selection. With merit selection I believe that this could help pull the system away from politics and focus more on how the …show more content…
I believe that is an important quality to have because it means that you are responsible and mature. Having accountability is important because in the context of a judge, you are dealing with sometimes habitus offenders or violent offenders and need to make correct judgments that will protect them under the law. You also will need to be able to uphold the constitution and provide a fair trial. Being mature with the situation, requires a lot of patients which is also another trait that describes accountability. In some cases you have to deal with people’s lively hood so being a mature adult can help you later in a merit