Gerald Titus III thought hard about applying for the open West Virginia Supreme Court seat. He said he prayed about it. But it was on a daily morning walk with his 7-year-old son Brandt that made him know he should do it.

"[Brandt] said, 'Risk the biscuit,'" Titus, 47, said Friday after Gov. Patrick Morrisey appointed him to fill the seat vacated when Justice Tim Armstead died on Aug. 26. Kanawha Valley

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That euphemism, close to the common phrase "risk it for the biscuit," Titus said, means, "Go for it."

Titus recognized the pote

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