john rutledge would receive two appointments to serve on the supreme court.he resigned as a source it justice before the court convened to except appointment as the chief justice of the south carolina supreme court, thinking it would be more powerful. congress failed to confirm the is a recess appointment in 1795 after he served five months. madison, too, opposed legislative selection of judges. beside the danger of intrigue and partiality, the father of many members were not judges of these reckless set and the qq your qualifications. yet, he did not want the executive to haae tte sole appointment power. according to his notes, madison it would rather be inclined to give the power of judicial appointment to the senate because its members would be stable and independent to follow their delivered judgments. even of founding father cannot be right all the time. at this point in the early stages of the convention, the first discussions of how to choose members of the national judiciary took place on june 5. benjamin franklin offered an entertaining anecdotes to