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House Ethics Committee Chairman Jay Jordan said that in light of the court ruling, so-called special interest caucuses can now operate similar to traditional caucuses.
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A federal judge in South Carolina has reiterated her June ruling that laws governing the organizing, fundraising and election activities of caucuses must apply to all legislative caucuses.
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Even though the General Assembly isn’t in session this summer the Republican controlled House of Representatives finds itself in turmoil following a recent federal court ruling which may have un-intentionally blown a hole in the state ethics act.
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A federal judge has ruled that South Carolina legislative special interest caucuses can formally campaign. It's a victory for a hardline conservative group of state representatives that want to push the Republican-controlled Legislature further to the right. The Tuesday order allows the South Carolina Freedom Caucus to fundraise and distribute election materials. The fledgling ultraconservative group of lawmakers had argued that a state ethics law limiting those abilities only to caucuses organized by political party, race, ethnicity or gender violated its freedom of speech.
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South Carolina legislative special interest caucuses can formally campaign, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a victory for a hardline conservative group of state representatives that want to push the Republican-controlled Legislature further to the right.
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Republicans have controlled the South Carolina House of Representatives for almost thirty years. Following last November’s election, they achieved a super-majority with 88 of the 124 house seats held by Republicans. Ever since last year’s Republican Primaries a deep rift has been developing between members of the Freedom Caucus and many members of the mainline Republican Caucus leading to most Freedom Caucus members refusing to agree to sign-on to a set of G-O-P rules that they feel is aimed at muzzling them.
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More than a dozen South Carolina Republican House members are creating a Freedom Caucus, a state organization modeled on the group of conservatives in the U.S. Congress. The South Carolina version promises to attack what it says is excessive state spending and push for socially conservative proposals like eliminating the state income tax or allowing people to carry guns openly without a permit. The South Carolina Freedom Caucus says it won't only take on Democrats, but Republicans that they think don't go far enough to support those ideals.