The New York Times editorializes on the recently passed judicial public financing bill in West Virginia."The measure aims to restore public trust in the integrity of the judiciary. It was badly eroded by Massey Energy’s involvement in the election of Chief Justice Brent Benjamin, who then voted twice to throw out a major damage award against the company. Justice Benjamin’s stubborn refusal to recuse himself was the subject of a 5-to-4 United States Supreme Court ruling, which in 2009 sensibly required his recusal. The court noted the “serious, objective risk of actual bias” created by such an outsize campaign expenditure. "West Virginia, which will join North Carolina, New Mexico and Wisconsin in adopting public financing of judicial races, is setting a good example at a time when judicial neutrality and the appearance of neutrality is under severe threat across the country from escalating special-interest spending on judicial campaigns."Click here to read the full editorial.