President Trump is barreling into a confrontation with the courts barely two weeks after taking office, foreshadowing years of legal battles as an administration determined to disrupt the existing order presses the boundaries of executive power.
Attempts to establish long-term stability of the US judicial system by picking the right nominee for a judgeship avoids the real problem. The solution is comprehensive constitutional reform to choose the heads of the judiciary and the procuratate through direct election. Judicial policies, the trial system, budgets and all related matters should be reviewed every five years. In addition, half of all judges should be foreign legal elites so that judicial opinions will be in line with the expectations of the international community. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
