West Virginia legislators are trying to remove all the current justices of the state supreme court for lavish spending and for overpaying senior judges in violation of state law.
One of them has already been suspended in connected with a federal investigation. (Among other things, he bought a $32,000 couch for his office with state money.) One of the others put track lighting on his office floor at public expense. Another announced her resignation last month rather than face a trial in the state Senate, which can still remove her erstwhile colleagues.)
Opposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses and opposing cash bail are among the campaign planks of candidates who won Democratic primaries Tuesday in two counties in Massachusetts: Suffolk County (which includes Boston) and Berkshire County in western Massachusetts.
