West Virginia GOP impeaches entire state Supreme Court bypass elections
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The GOP Just Impeached West Virginia’s Entire Supreme Court
They also made an attempt in North Carolina, which backfired after democrats signed up as republicans to split the vote.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/14/west-virginias-efforts-impeach-states-supreme-court-is-just-latest-worrisome-trend/
TL;DR This is not a good thing.
Republican governor Jim Justice could handpick each and every one of his judicial overseers. The only hitch was that the party would need to ensure that the impeachment process ran past August 14 —
otherwise, special elections would be held to replace the impeached justices this fall
So, the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee “took its time, even conducting a tour of the state Supreme Court offices earlier this month,” according to the Associated Press.
Alas, the GOP didn’t wait quite long enough — Justice Robin Davis, a Democrat, had enough time after her impeachment to retire Monday, thereby triggering an election for her seat this fall. “Preconceived, adult-
driven mania among the majority party members in the Legislature cannot result in a just and fair outcome,” Davis said at a press conference. “I have always placed my faith in the people of West Virginia. I return
that faith to the people of West Virginia today.”
But, assuming Republican Senate president Mitch Carmichael no longer believes that impeaching justices for lavish spending is a “ridiculous political stunt,” Justice will still get to pick his own majority on the
state’s high court.
Yeah I will never vote for any Republican in my life
fascism can't happen here
A while ago I saw a post on this site, soap box -> ballot box -> jury box -> ammo box
A billionaire coal mogul is going to have total control of the highest court In West Virginia
but, but, state's rights??
States' rights was literally just a racist dogwhistle after the civil rights movement, the GOP never cared for it except to further the interests of The Party.
Also the name of the governor of West Virginia is Jim Justice.
Oh I know, I'm just pointing out how blatantly hypocritical the Republicans have become
While Impeachment might have been justified, conspiring to delay their charges until after the special election deadline is an obvious and disgusting power grab.
J. Innjustice.
There are a few governments in some parts of the country that could do with a good old-fashioned Coup D'Etat.
That'll just bring in the National Guard and military governorship, you don't want Trump running things at the state level too.
Not necessarily, it has been done before in Tennessee over election fraud committed by corrupt cops.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)
The only reason this thing happened in the first place is because returning veterans from WWII were being targeted by this corrupt government. They finally had enough, decided to organize, and fought back. I highly doubt any such response would be forthcoming in West Virginia, not least since most veterans are staunch Republicans.
Go out there and get em tiger.
The United States does not need a revolution. It just needs enough people to start god damn voting again
It is within their best interests for corrupt institutions to appear unassailable, for people to treat them as an endemic and wholly unsolveable problem
Don't ask how your countrymen have become complacent, ask how you can make them less complacent
This is the new Republican normal, expect attempts like this in every red state now
Yeah but if you do that you just get people whining about you "vote shaming" them for pointing out that refusing to vote, or filling bullshit in on your ballot, just tells the system that you're fine with how things are and doesn't demonstrate any actual protest or witty riposte at all.
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