Jim Nowlan’s column in the Law Bulletin on Dec. 9 opens by stating that the appointment last month of Justice Robert L. Carter to fill the seat on the Supreme Court held by Justice Tom Kilbride “appears to offend” the Illinois Constitution.Unable to demonstrate any violation of the constitution or a statute in support of his thesis, he could only conclude that it “looks unconstitutional to me.”To the contrary, that appointment was in full accord with the constitution, statutes, and the long …