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West Virginia House Votes To Impeach 2 State Supreme Court Justices

The votes come one week after the state House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against the entire bench of the state Supreme Court of Appeals.

Updated at 4:10 p.m. ET

West Virginia's House of Delegates voted to impeach two of the four justices on the state's Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday, saying Justices Allen Loughry and Robin Davis should face an impeachment trial in the Senate over the use of state funds to renovate Supreme Court offices.

After two hours of debate, an article of impeachment against. The tally easily exceeded the 51 votes needed to go forward with trial proceedings.

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