Lay merit-selection commissioners are politically connected to the governor who appoints them

Evidence

Appointed by the governor, they tend to reflect his or her political perspective. In fact, one third have served in a party office, and one quarter have held some public post. As one observer in Missouri notes, “Some of the laymen are more concerned with politics than anything else, and some of them will do whatever the governor wants them to do when it comes to the selection of panels of nominees.” — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 443

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Governors can control merit selection almost as much as direct appointment. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 626; Bosswetting a reform committee with prestigious names wins clout a governor otherwise lacks — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 473; Merit selection transforms rather than removes politics from judicial selection — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 439 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Governors can control merit selection almost as much as direct appointment. #expands (0.88) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 626
• Merit selection transforms rather than removes politics from judicial selection #corroborates (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 439
• Merit selection commissions cannot be fully insulated from interest-group influence #corroborates (0.82) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 442
• Bosswetting a reform committee with prestigious names wins clout a governor otherwise lacks #qualifies (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 473