The evidence mounts that top state judges should be picked and appointed through merit selection, not elected.
Appointed through Jefferson's influence, Wythe held (1779 89), at the College of William and Mary, the first U.S. professorship of law.
They will be appointed, through negotiations between the party whips, with the chairs elected by MPs over the next few weeks.
Those women appointed through the quota system were seen, rightly or wrongly, as stooges of Mr Mubarak.In the elections due in November 70% of MPs will be elected via party lists which must include at least one woman.
The G20's commitment to ensure that "the heads and senior leadership of the international financial institutions should be appointed through an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process" is clearly a nod in this direction.
"It's going to be hard for him to change the bureaucratic structure, the state machine, because that is the main issue," Mr. Orsina added, referring to a system whose members have traditionally been appointed through patronage.
She added: "With the BBC's independence under real risk from this government, I believe that the chair of a new board must be appointed through a demonstrably independent process, not subject to more Tory fixes".
While parts of New York make a greater effort at quality control than Brooklyn does, the clear answer is to take judges out of the elective process altogether and have them appointed through a strict screening procedure based on merit.
