aristocratic style thing where only a certain few are chosen for that position -- oneguywhat?
It costs money. Is that what you mean? But then you can get scholarships. There’s an exam. It pretty much takes merit to get to be a judge. Of course we saw how a corrupt President, backed by a compliant Senate can get around that, but even the two recent SCOTUS appointees had to pass the basic tests before getting the nomination. Hopefully voters are taking care of the “chosen few” problem.