Oh yeah, it's getting hairy. The Democrats in the House of Delegates were all gung-ho on this when they thought Justice Loughry (Republican) was the only one who was going to get in trouble. Now that Justices Davis and Workman, both Democrats, also are being charged, they're all, "Wait just a minute here!"
The absolute stupidest comment came from a Democrat delegate: "This isn't occurring any longer. Why are we spending so much time on this unless we are just out to get somebody?"
Well, duh. It doesn't matter that a lawbreaker isn't committing an offense
right at this very minute. If they did something, and the statute of limitations hasn't run, their offenses should be dealt with by the appropriate authority.
Speaking about one of the charges, specifically, that same delegate said: "I do not think this is clearly illegal ... I disagree that this is a valid article of impeachment. I think it's confusing
<voice raises> and I don't think we should be impeaching people over something that's confusing."
Even though judges in WV elected, they no longer run on a
partisan basis, as of a few years ago. But we all know that Loughry and Walker are Republicans; Davis and Workman are Dems, and the one who resigned - Ketchum - also is a Dem.
