Judges are the most difficult of all candidates to evaluate. They will not respond to surveys so court cases are the only way to know where they stand on issues.
Judicial appointments are even more difficult to predict.
A congressional candidate s personal beliefs affect the selection of judicial appointments. This new website provides easy access to NM court cases. More and more, judicial activism decides a court case instead of congressional law. For example, there is no law that distinguishes abortion from murder - only a court decision. White and Rehnquist filed dissenting opinions.