More than an appearance of impropriety!
The Supreme Court is being asked to decide: "May a judge who receives more than $1 million in direct and indirect campaign contributions from a party and its supporters, while that party's case is pending, cast the deciding vote in that party's favor, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution?"
The SCOTUSblog has the story on Avery v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.