Independence Doesn't Mean You Decide The Way

You Can Have Many Different Selection Systems, But The Bottom Line Has To Be A System That, Once The Judge Takes Office That Judge Will Feel That He Or She Is To Decide The Case Without Reference To The Popular Thing Or The Popular Will Of The Moment

This Understanding, Underlying Constitutional Interpretation Since The New Deal, Reflects The Constitution's Demands For Structural Flexibility Sufficient To Adapt Substantive Laws And Institutions To Rapidly Changing Social, Economic, And Technological Conditions.

Nobody Wants A Judge To Be Subject To The Political Whim Of The Moment.

But Once The Person Is Selected, At That Point That Person Is Independent.

There Are Loads Of Countries That Have Nice Written Constitutions Like Ours. But There Aren't Loads Of Countries Where They're Followed.