[jahewson]

So there’s this thing called the judiciary…

[netsharc]

In this thread: you slowly realizing that you live in an increasingly corrupt despotic police state...

Sure you might be fine (they just harass the brown and black people), but it doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.

[jkestner]

Oh yeah, those guys who came up with qualified immunity.

[hayst4ck]

OK, I don't disagree, but there is nothing that guarantees the judiciary will act constitutionally or protect people's rights, so "who will hold the judiciary accountable if they violate your rights, try to punish you for lack of obedience, or fail to hold those who violate peoples rights accountable?""

[watwut]

Pretty much all layers say judiciary is deferential to cops and prosecution to the point of absurdity.

[shermantanktop]

North Korea has a judiciary. So does Iran. So does China. They all have the rough equivalent of a Supreme Court too.

A judiciary can only function as a check on other types of power when it is allowed to do so. Merely being called by that name is not enough.