Judicial Campaigns and the Appearance of Impropriety

Professor Ron Rotunda's most recent column at Justicia.com is on Judicial Campaigns and the Appearance of Impropriety.  Worth a look...  Go here.  He argues among other things that the notion of the "appearance of impropriety" is inadequate as an expression of a rule.  I agree and we are not alone.  I have reported before on a number of courts which have rejected the notion at least as a way to determine conflicts of interests.  For two relatively recent posts on that subject go here and here.