As South Carolina lawmakers continue discussions about how judges are elected and who should or shouldn’t be a part of that process, some lawmakers are already pushing for changes to eliminate the perception judges are beholden to legislators. In the lead up to the 2024 legislative session one lawmaker wants lawyer-legislators to recuse themselves during judicial elections, while others wish to remove the limit of how many judicial candidates the General Assembly could consider in an election, and to keep lawmakers’ relatives from seeking the bench. While some officials in South Carolina are c…