"Very depressing if this is the case, are we no longer an independent country? Are we now a "judocracy" (government by judicial review) rather than a democracy? Has one person one judge replaced one person one vote"
No - it's called a balanced constitution - the Yanks have had separation of powers for 250 years. In the past we elected a bunch of monkeys and then they give the one with the bluest (or reddest) bum all the power with no checks or balances