In her appointments Gov. Jodi Rell seems to give less consideration to politics and personal connections than any Connecticut governor in modern times. That seems to be how Chase T. Rogers of New Canaan came to be nominated for chief justice.

Rogers, 50, is not affiliated with a political party and seems to have had no particular political involvement, just 14 years as a lawyer at a big firm in Stamford and eight years as a judge, most recently on the Appellate Court. Hers looks like a fine nomination.

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