Courts v. Politics

There are two main kinds of input we receive from the general public in the U.S.

One is through elections. Access to information about the candidates is mostly superficial, the responsibility of the voter, completely unregulated for truth, involves candidates self-selected for a desire for power, and involves voters who choose to participate on a basis in a way that over represents the least moderate people in the population.

One is through juries. Access to information about the decisions to be made is in depth, the responsibility of people trying to persuade the voter, tightly regulated, involves parties who didn't plan on being in this situation when the event giving rise to the case began, and involves jurors who were required to participate and were chosen to be the most moderate people in the jury pool.

There is a fair case to be made that juries make better decisions than voters do.