Damn!
That is a LOT of judges we are talking about….
The West Virginia House of Delegates impeached the entire state Supreme Court on Monday night, according to multiple reports.
NBC News reported the state lawmakers voted to impeach all four justices over spending issues and abusing their authority.
The state lawmakers first voted to impeach Justice Allen Loughry on eight articles after he spent $363,000 in renovations to his office, according to the network. He was reportedly found to have lied to the House Finance Committee about having a $42,000 antique desk and computers, owned by the state, transferred to his home and used state vehicles for his personal use.
Justice Robin Davis was impeached after using $500,000 for office renovations, the network added….
No doubt you can thank Don Blankenship (convicted Federal criminal and current political candidate) for some of these justices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship#Controversies
I’m confused. Blankenship is corrupt, but he was never governor. So he never appointed the justices.
No, Zreebs, he never held the governorship (and at least to my knowledge, no other public office so far *). But he bankrolled a $3 million campaign against the re-election of a West Virginia Supreme Court Justice whose rulings Blankenship disliked. See the Wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blankenship#Campaign_against_Warren_McGraw
* Blankenship is the Constitution Party’s nominee this year for U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s seat.
okay – thanks.
Reinforces my belief that justices should be appointed and not elected.