We join with Chief Justice Stuart Rabner and the New Jersey State Bar Association in strong opposition to a Constitutional amendment proposal, apparently about to be considered by the Legislature. Under the proposal, Appellate Division judges, now assigned by the chief justice from the cohort of previously confirmed and currently serving Superior Court judges, would henceforth be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Although other states and the United States appoint intermediate appellate judges through the political process, New Jersey has not done so since the 1947 constitutional reform. The Appellate Division has functioned very well under this reform. This proposal is nothing but a naked political power grab. And a terrible idea to foist on one of the most admired judicial systems in the United States.