The importance of judicial independence ?

Question

What is judicial independence, is it a positive or negative thing, in what countries does it exist, in what countries does it not exist?

Answer 1

It is crucial to our current system. Without it we literally would lose our sense of democracy... of freedom... freedom from a president that controls the courts.

Judicial independence was not intended to be a shield from public scrutiny. Judicial independence in America was a reaction of the founding fathers to persecution at the hands of the English monarchs. The intent was to prevent abuses of personal liberty - among them unreasonable searches and clandestine judicial proceedings in the "Star Chamber". The objective was to create a judicial branch able to rule fairly and impartially without fear of political retribution.