Was Beason denied basic Due Process when a biased judge presided over his trial, and can the states preclude the issue from review on collateral attack?

QUESTION PRESENTED L Beason’s trial judge made an election campaign promise to put more child molesters in jail before presiding over Beason’s trial on child molestation charges. The judge based his subsequent election campaign on keeping that promise. Was Beason denied basic Due Process when a biased judge presided over his trial. If so, can the states permit the denial of this : fundamental right by precluding the issue from review on collateral attack? IL Beason’s appellate counsel presented a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel on direct review. But, trial counsel did not address significant and obvious issues of trial counsel’s ineffectiveness. Was appellate counsel ineffective in this regard? : 2 .