In a rare public airing of grievances from within a state agency that operates largely in secret, the chairman and newest member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission are speaking publicly about a split that could threaten the agency’s existence. That rift has come to light as state lawmakers propose a constitutional amendment to abolish the judicial watchdog agency and then allow the General Assembly to re-create it.
The legislation would strip the State Bar of Georgia of the power to appoint three of the JQC’s seven members. Its chief sponsor, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Wendell Willard, said he introduced the legislation because of growing concerns that JQC investigations have taken on the aura of a “star chamber” and suggested the bar’s appointees are a particular problem.
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