how would people get fair trials?
This would be the same as under the current system. Trials are already local, due to the constitutional requirement for a “jury of peers”.
The difference being that if a state is known to have a corrupt judiciary, that will be reason enough for productive members of society to leave, thus creating a strong incentive to not have a corrupt judiciary.
It's true that trials are already local, but that's potentially part of the bit I'm struggling to get my head around...
In a scenario where factories in one state are polluting the waterways required by farms in downstream states, the crime of affecting the property/liberty of the farms would fought in the factories state... and if that state has corrupt government and therefore corrupt judiciary, then the farmers won't really stand a chance, especially if the factories have the resources to delay, counter-sue, etc until the farmers run out of resources, especially since it can often take 4+ years to even get to trial.
Or would you imagine the farmer's state would take up the matter on behalf of the farmers and make it a state vs state fight?
Sorry, I'm not trying to nitpick, I'm just trying to get my head around this block/bias that I have against the current justice system.