In case you’re wondering what former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor might be advocating as a member of Governor Joe Manchin’s Independent Commission on Judicial Reform, check out yesterday’s Seattle Times:  “Ex-Justice O’Connor: Electing judges puts courts at risk.”

The Caperton case and other cases involving questionable judicial campaign contributions ‘cast our whole judiciary in a negative light,’ O’Connor said….  O’Connor believes the solution lies in an independent commission recommending a list of judicial candidates to a state governor, who will make the final decision.