Posted on 08/14/2018 1:30:21 PM PDT by Hojczyk
NBC News reported the state lawmakers voted to impeach all four justices over spending issues and abuse of 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 using state vehicles for his personal use. Justice Robin Davis was impeached after using $500,000 for office renovations, the network added.
State lawmakers initially overlooked Chief Justice Margaret Workman’s spending of $111,000 on office renovations, according to NBC News, but she was later impeached for her role in allowing senior-status judges to receive higher wages than allowed, as were Davis and Loughry.
Justice Beth Walker was the final justice whom lawmakers voted to impeach after she was found to be guilty of abusing her authority, an article that also counted against the other justices. Lawmakers had previously decided to look past her spending $131,000 on office renovations, the network added.
Former Justice Menis Ketchum reportedly resigned from the bench last month and pleaded guilty to one count of federal wire fraud.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) will reportedly be allowed to appoint new justices to replace those who were impeached. He is not required to appoint justices from the same party as the incumbent as well.
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A good start.
U.S. Congress needs to finish it.
Well Done.
Now if Congress would take note and follow their example.
Well Done.
Now if Congress would take note and follow their example.
The only impeachment coming out of Congress would be Trump’s.
Finally, a beginning!
Should I assume these are all judges previously appointed by a Democrat governor, ie. liberal activist oligarchs?
Judges all across this country should be removed, mostly for deliberately misinterpreting the plain meaning of the law & for political bias.
For Maxine’s 80th Birthday ?
Yeah, it’s a start.
EXCELLENT......
Now if it would only catch on.
strict constructionists I hope
So a question! Are these impeachments a “one-step process?” I mean once the WVA lower house votes to impeach, is that the end of the process and they are out?
I ad to read three articles online before I found a reference to what I was looking for: yes, this will be followed by a trial in the state senate. Honestly the distinction between impeachment, analogous to indictment, and trial, is so simple. Why it’s so popularly not understood is mystifying to me.
For many years the press has reported impeachment as if it was a one and done process.
So a question! Are these impeachments a “one-step process?” I mean once the WVA lower house votes to impeach, is that the end of the process and they are out?
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They left out some pertinent info.
Wanna know a secret?
It’s ‘cuz they’re ignorant dolts.
How do they get to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on office renovations? Why so exorbitant and who approved it? Not only impeached they should be made to pay that back to the taxpayers. Elite black robed tyrants.
They can always start a Barbershop quartet
“Why it’s so popularly not understood is mystifying to me.”
“Impeach” somehow has more gravitas than “oust”, so people glommed onto it.
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