"There's a place for us, somewhere, a place for us..."
I'm afraid from the sound of things the focus on judge selection is all hogwash, it doesn't matter what judges get appointed. They're all from the same cloth for the most part.
Yes evil is on the rise and will not be denied because there just aren't enough good people left to stand in the gap anymore. Fasten your seat belts, more horrors on the way.