(The Center Square) — A legislative conference committee will soon hash out differences in a measure to reform South Carolina’s Judicial Merit Selection Commission. Last week, the South Carolina House passed S. 1046, a bill reforming the JMSC, following the state Senate’s passage. The push for reform stems from the Ad Hoc Committee to Examine the Judicial Selection and Retention Process House Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, convened. Proponents say the measure increases transparency and accountability and gives elected officials a greater say in selecting judges. “We must have judicial reform…