Si una enfermedad comienza a provocar la muerte de las poblaciones de lagartijas en las islas, ¿en cuál de ellas es más probable que la población de lagartijas sobreviva?

It is likely that the lizards that live isolated from the rest (maybe in the farthest island) have more chances to survive because the disease needs to enter into the lizard's habitat to attack these populations. However, it is important to note that we need to know which is the cause of this disease in order to establish a working hypothesis.

the framers of the constitution insisted that federal judges be nominated instead of elected due to their desire to have judges above the shifting whims of the masses.

the hope, whether achieved or not, was that federal judges would only be beholden to the law and that by not having judges be elected, they would be protected if that law dictated an outcome that ran counter to popular opinion.