FUROR IN WEST VIRGINIA.

• Position: Failed appointment to state Supreme Court - Brief Article

The governor of West Virginia (a Republican) in September appointed House Speaker Robert S. Kiss (a Democrat) to the state Supreme Court, with apparently strong bipartisan support. But because the Legislature raised the salary of Supreme Court justices by $10,000 earlier in the year, the court in November voted 3-2 to reject the appointment. The justices said language in the state constitution bars a legislator from being appointed to any office if he voted to raise the salary of that office during his current term...