West Virginia People I Detest
Oh, this is cute.
It seems that the West Virginia Supreme Court is all Democrats. And, strictly by coincidence they’re all being impeached.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates on Monday voted to impeach all four remaining West Virginia Supreme Court justices on 11 various articles of impeachment, covering a range of grounds from wasteful spending, maladministration, incompetency, neglect of duty, and potential criminal behavior.
Additionally, delegates approved a resolution to publicly reprimand and censure all four justices for the conduct covered by the articles of impeachment.
Here’s the deal: One justice resigned. Justice Robin Davis is accusing House of Delegates of impeaching her based on political party. Says she retired to let voters decide replacement.
The GOP-controlled legislature dragged its feet for months on impeaching these justices to prevent their replacement by voters via special elections this fall. Missing today’s deadline lets Republican Gov. Jim Justice appoint their replacements.
Admittedly, some of these guys are stinkers, but nothing that would rise to the level of impeachment on most of the charges.
Let me tell you someone about Jim Justice. He made his money in coal mining.
In 2015, Justice switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party and announced his candidacy for Governor in the 2016 election. He ran as a Democrat and defeated the Republican nominee, Bill Cole. Less than seven months after taking office, Justice switched back to the Republican Party the day after announcing his plans at a President Trump rally in the state.
Now there’s a man you can trust!
Thanks to Deb T for the heads up.