What are the pros and cons of election of judges by legislature?

Legislative
election of judges is a method of judge selection in which the state legislature votes to select
the judges that will serve on the general jurisdiction and appellate courts within the state.
 There are only two states in the nation that currently use this method of judicial selection;
these states are Virginia and South Carolina.  The general assembly of these two states vote for
the judges that will serve on the bench.  In South Carolina, this is done by a combination
of...

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