same idea in USA

Supreme Court NOT elected

Parliament and Congress - both elected

Nine unaccountable people

"In the abstract, nobody designing a democratic system of government would suggest that our largest societal decisions should be made by nine unaccountable people exercising their complete discretion — no matter how wise those people were".

From:    A court gone astray on the right to strike - Dwight Newman, National Post | February 26, 2015