Whilst I concur that all of us exhibit both selection and confirmation biases, it's unfair to the parent poster to assert that his/her dissatisfaction is primarily due to these factors.
For example, I too am an outside observer who quite deliberately reads both the left-wing and the right-wing media. My perspective chimes with the parent, viz. that the US constitutional model of law, starting with the novelty of "a list of things you're allowed to do" (vs most nations' "blank slate + a list of things you must do or must not do"), and combined with a tripartite governance model that separates the executive from the legislature (thus allowing both to duck accountabilities) has been an interesting experiment but ultimately produced such a colossal proliferation of impenetrable ancillary legislation, powers, regulations and case law - far beyond the ability of any citizen to grasp - that it can only, at this point, be deemed a failure and not to be repeated, or at any rate not on this scale.
And so I breathe a huge sigh of relief that the legal jurisdiction under which I operate is one that can be approached and engaged with individually, even absent a small personal army of motion-waving attorneys; one in which the selection of judge is not, as it has been here, such a part of the lottery of outcome.
For example, I too am an outside observer who quite deliberately reads both the left-wing and the right-wing media. My perspective chimes with the parent, viz. that the US constitutional model of law, starting with the novelty of "a list of things you're allowed to do" (vs most nations' "blank slate + a list of things you must do or must not do"), and combined with a tripartite governance model that separates the executive from the legislature (thus allowing both to duck accountabilities) has been an interesting experiment but ultimately produced such a colossal proliferation of impenetrable ancillary legislation, powers, regulations and case law - far beyond the ability of any citizen to grasp - that it can only, at this point, be deemed a failure and not to be repeated, or at any rate not on this scale.
And so I breathe a huge sigh of relief that the legal jurisdiction under which I operate is one that can be approached and engaged with individually, even absent a small personal army of motion-waving attorneys; one in which the selection of judge is not, as it has been here, such a part of the lottery of outcome.