From a comment earlier but worth discussion: “Seems our whole system of “checks and balances” has a weak spot - the judiciary is not accountable to anyone but themselves, unlike the other branches. Once they’re entrenched it’s hard to remove them, and there’s no periodic review of their rulings and what type of cases they choose. It’s a place where corrupt or subversive elements could get into and hide out.”
Other than initial appointments, what checks and balances are there on the judicial branch? How could the system be improved moving forward?
Actually there is a hierarchy, from arbitration-'judges'; to County/City to State, to Federal - and ultimately to the Supreme Court - literally in a pyramid structure.
The court that holds a federal court accountable is the Supreme Court - that is why there are nine judges, uneven to prevent a hung panel - all at the top of their game. However, Judges, and also members of the public, can appeal from below, provided they can frame their claim in terms of standing. One cannot claim standing in the Supreme Court until one has been materially and unconstitutionally harmed by a Federal Court.
This was the whole point with all those election cases, early on: no standing - to the delight of Democrats, who thought they had won the battle. However, this statement (no standing) from the Supreme Court was merely stating a fact. One cannot claim harm when one merely 'loses' an election. In any case, I think it was a Beta-dry-run for Trump's lawyers - i.e. bringing a case to the SC, in a history-setting case, regarding the POTUS. As the trumpet-playing civilian brothers have demonstrated - one has to keep trying, when they read your SC submission and then give you an instruction- to get it all according to protocol.
So, weirdly, we are watching a slow-motion trainwreck - all the corrupt judges, as they vulgarly display all their miserable habits and inner snot-gurgle mind-works with fingers all grubby from the money - despite their attempts at censorship. LOL at tweeters sending several tweets per minute.
Once they 'convict' Trump, somehow, the haters will think they won, again. However, this is where the long game plays off: This is when the patriot fires will start burning: We are going to see the Supreme Court in action on behalf of Trump - with standing as the Victim of corrupt judges. NOW he has standing. Obviously.
I can smell the trepidation coming from the jury. There are two choices. What if they find him innocent, because they manage to agree the whole thing is corrupt - through osmosis - good lord, they are swimming in instructions. The Democrats will get extremely dangerous then, as desperation must set in. They are already yelling in the street from their platform shoes. Not summer of love stuff - much worse.
If the jury finds Trump guilty, the MAGA crowd (LOL) will start waving flags, standing around with red hats on, tweeting and spreading mis-information on all their live-stream channels madly. Wut, FBI raids? Cops? On camera. KEK. All of the public, and the whole world, will know in four hours total, that America has truly collapsed.
Oh, and Trump's team had better move fast, after the jury decides on guilty, to prevent a riot. So, I bet the SC submission is already typed up. It will be hours, and then a few days. Or something. I think there is a whole lotta urgency mow. Who knows? Maybe they wait (while they leisurely type with one finger and humming), while the enemy destroys themselves completely. After all, those other cases are like dominoes, hanging on this verdict. They will all start screaming at once.