@clacke

> A Supreme Court that doesn't give a damn what the public wants ... is exactly what a Supreme Court is for, actually.

I agree.

> the reason there is partisan court seat stacking etc is that the SCOTUS cares too much what the people or rather what the people's representatives think.

I disagree. It is that absent support for the ruling party's "correct" interpretations, a court nominee will not be confirmed.

> It's the politicization of everything.

Correct. And, as we know, politics ruins everything it touches.

> the US appoints some of its District Attorneys by popular vote and that's just super weird for a role that is supposed to be administrative, meritocratic, bureaucratic.

Yes, I agree. The DA role is normally at county-level, so each county that does this should reconsider, including #Los_Angeles County in #SoCal. On the other hand, one has no idea what sort of back-room deals would be made in an appointed DA situation. But overall, I think appointment would be better.