A Coup or a Couch? What’s Behind the Impeachment of West Virginia’s Supreme Court

Counsel Robert Akers, center, looks over paperwork with Delegate John Shott, right, a Republican, before the House of Delegates convened for an impeachment hearing at the State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Aug. 13, 2018. Members voted to impeach state Supreme Court justices accused in a spending scandal on Monday. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)