On the ethics meter, though, this one isn't as bad as the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association lobbyist having an affair last year with the married chairman of the House Judiciary Committee while the committee was handling legislation of great interest to the Trial Lawyers Association. By the way, Naifeh - who rules the House with near-dictatorial dominance and controls through manipulation of the committee system the progress (or lack of progress) almost every single piece of legislation that gets filed - didn't know about that ethically scandalous situation either. Wink wink. Speaking of the Judicial Selection Commission, the legislation reauthorizing its existence for another few years (without which Tennessee would return to direct election of judges starting in 2010), was thought to be dead, but Terry Frank notes an item buried deep in the Sunday Knoxville News Sentinel that indicates state Sen. John Wilder has found an obscure rule which he will attempt to use to bring the legislation to the floor on the final session of the Senate, Tuesday, March 20. Frank's blog post neatly summarizes the three main points of view on the Judicial Selection Commission, which affects both state Supreme Court judgeships and appellate-level judgeships.