Lawyers and former judges are discussing the possible political ramifications of Ballot Amendment 3, which would affect the independent watchdog agency looking at judges. Amendment 3 concerns the Judicial Qualifications Commission, an agency created by a 1972 constitutional amendment to investigate alleged improper behavior by Georgia judges. “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; require the Judicial Qualifications Commission to have procedures that provide for due process of law and review by the Supreme Court of its advisory opinions; and allow the Judicial Qualifications Commission to be open to the public in some manner?” the question reads.