(Subscription required) The state Commission on Judicial Appointments on Friday confirmed two new courts of appeal justices, both of whom were rated "exceptionally well qualified" by judicial vetters. Charles Smiley, a 12-year judge of the Alameda County Superior Court, will serve as a justice on the First District Court of Appeal's Division One in San Francisco. Orange County Superior Court Judge Nathan Scott will join the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three.