Supreme court candidates talk recusals at forum

From the AP via The H-D:

Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard on review of recusal decisions:

"We need some system to second-guess a justice on recusal," Maynard said at the event, hosted by the Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia and broadcast by the MetroNews Radio Network.

Maynard appeared with Democratic candidates Bob Bastress and Margaret Workman and Republican Beth Walker.

Bastress, speaking on the issue of a pending motion to recuse justice Brent Benjamin:

"It's a question again, of appearance," said Bastress, a West Virginia University law professor. "That case is so public, so big, so much the object of public scrutiny. You have the appearance of Mr. Blankenship spending all that money and benefiting Justice Benjamin."