West Virginia lawmakers impeach all WV Supreme Court justices

[SaysWho?]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/all-west-virginia-s-supreme-court-justices-impeached-over-spending-n900461

 

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West Virginia lawmakers completed the extraordinary move of impeaching all four state Supreme Court justices Monday night for spending issues, including a suspended justice facing a 23-count federal indictment.

 

The state House of Delegates voted to impeach Justice Allen Loughry on eight articles, setting the stage for a trial in the state Senate.

 

Beth Walker became the final justice to be impeached when an article was approved stating all four justices abused their authority. It said they failed to control office expenses, including more than $1 million in renovations to their individual offices, and not maintaining policies over matters such as working lunches and the use of state vehicles and office computers at home.

 

[CitizenVectron]

So it sounds like some definitely were abusing their power to the point where actual charges are being filed. Were they all abusing to this extent? Or were the rest impeached in order to stack the court, simply taking advantage of the timing of removing the ones that deserved it?

[PaladinSolo]

From what I've read the one guy deserved it, and resigned, the others were pretty minor, they then dragged their feet for months so they could do it after the deadline for elections allowing the governor to stack the court, instead of allowing voters to choose.