10 Most Evil Things Judge Dredd Has Ever Done
5. Killing America (The Country)
With all the aforementioned authoritarian overreach by Dredd and his fellow Judges you might be wondering why the American government has never tried to stop them. Well, they did.
Founded in 2031 to combat rising crime, the Judges initially served the United States government. That was until the 2070's with the rise of President Robert L Booth, the last president of the USA. Booth was an authoritarian isolationist who surprisingly wasn't based on anyone currently in power. His policies caused him to repeatedly butt heads with the Judges and other world governments, ultimately building to a Third World War.
Nuclear war devastated the world, leaving huge chunks of it uninhabitable and forcing the survivors to huddle in the new Mega Cities.
All this gave the Judges the excuse they needed. Citing the United States Declaration of Independence as justification, Dredd and his fellow Judges stormed the Whitehouse and deposed Booth. The USA was no more and the Judges' power was total.