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Wikimedia Commons The West Virginia Supreme Court gave the green light for the governor’s appointment of a state lawmaker caught in the middle of a Republican dispute. After a hearing on Tuesday, the court rejected a challenge by officials in Wayne County who alleged Republican Gov. Jim Justice did not follow state law when he filled a vacant seat in the legislature last month. Republican Del. Joshua Booth will be allowed to assume his duties as a legislator after the court rescinded a block ...

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice’s pick to replace a former a Wayne County Republican lawmaker was upheld Tuesday by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. In an order released Tuesday evening, the state Supreme Court denied the mandamus case filed by Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard asking the high court to order Justice to appoint a replacement for former Republican 19th District House of Delegates member Derrick Evans from a list ...

CHARLESTON – On the eve of oral arguments, the state Court denied a former candidate’s motion to intervene in the case regarding the legality of the appointment to fill a House of Delegates vacancy from Wayne County. In the February 8 motion, the court also allowed petitioner Jeff Maynard, the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, to file a reply to a response despite a filed opposition from Gov. Jim Justice’s office and the state Republican Party. The motion also a...

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“The governor does not have the discretion” to fill a vacancy in the 19th Delegate District by selecting from a list of candidates supplied by the state Republican Party, argues Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard. Such an appointment would “usurp the statutory rights of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee members of the 19th Delegate District as well as their constituents.” Maynard insists that Gov. Jim Justice is obligated to fill the vacancy ...

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Sarah Ferguson was so nervous about meeting her future in-laws that she tripped over one of the Queens beloved Corgis and spilled her drink, a royal biographer claims in a new documentary. Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, reveals the Duchess series of awkward faux-pas in tonights When Fergie Met The Monarchy on Channel 5. She told how Fergie, then aged around 24, travelled to the Sandringham estate to meet the family of her boyfriend Prince Andrew - a meeting which could make or break...

Gov. Jim Justice CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Republican Party are confused about how legislative appointments work, according to the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee. In a reply to the state GOP in his petition before the state Supreme Court, Jeff Maynard says Justice is mandated to fill the vacancy in the 19th House of Delegates District with one of the three names presented to him in a January 14 letter from Maynard ...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com CHARLESTON — The Office of Gov. Jim Justice issued its response to the lawsuit over the process involved in selecting the next Republican lawmaker from Wayne County. The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a response Monday to a lawsuit filed by the chairman of the Wayne County Republican Party with the state Supreme Court of Appeals. Wayne County Republican Executive Committee Chairman Jeff Maynard is asking the court to order Justice to appoint a rep...

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