One reason why the court system is better for protecting individual rights is that the judges are usually in power for their entire life which essentially means they can’t be kicked out if the public disagrees with a decision. It’s not like the presidency in which we vote to remove/elect someone new based on performance. Which in practice means that a judge can defend minorities without risk of being fired.

I think its not because if we had a similar system as the presidency it would mean that the judges would be actively changing basad on public vote and make it harder for judges to focus on rule of law because they want to appeal to the public so they can be voted in for a second term. Judges serving a life term means that they don’t need to worry about losing their jobs because of the public and can simply focus on applying the law in the court rooms.