The commission would be politically neutral, as all
members of the Commission would be appointed by the
judiciary, and would
exist to investigate criminal activity, fraud, waste, abuse and wrongdoing by all state employees and those doing business with the state.
Traditionally, the Dems avoid putting their few really conservative
members on
judiciary (e.g., Zell Miller wanted on
Judiciary in the early 2000s, but Daschle said no), but now there are only 51 Dems and a number
of them are pretty conservative (Tester, Webb, and a bunch
of the
existing southerners)-- the sort who might not block the next Alito in committee.