I will say first that I don’t think this is actually any erosion of democracy or whatever. But since most elected judges and DAs try to win elections by being “tough on crime” and increasing conviction rates, I do think that this might not be a good idea long term, since reactionary elements like the petite bourgeois and local gentry focus disproportionately on these elections.

I love the framing that putting the election of judges into the people’s hands is removing one of the last barriers to presidential power.