West Virginia Supreme Court halts impeachment trials

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Supreme Court has effectively halted the legislature’s remaining efforts to impeach the state’s justices as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine.
A panel of acting justices ordered that its decision to stop Justice Margaret Workman’s impeachment hearing also applies to retired Justice Robin Davis and suspended Justice Allen Loughry, who had petitioned the court to intervene.
The court ruled earlier this month that