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Will the S.C. Legislature change the way most judges are vetted and elected in South Carolina? A debate is raging in the Statehouse over how much influence legislators should have in who becomes a state judge.
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The only candidate running to be South Carolina's top judge defended the state's method of having lawmakers fill the state’s bench, saying appointees are ethical and qualified.
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The nation's highest court will now decide if South Carolina's 1st Congressional District was racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn or if a lower court got it wrong.
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A special committee has been created in the South Carolina House to study how the state chooses its judges. Republican House Speaker Murrell Smith says he wants the eight Republicans and five Democrats to hold public hearings and then debate a bill that can be introduced by the start of February.
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A state House committee hopes to fix questions competitive fairness between public and non-traditional schools.
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A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted by the greater medical community.
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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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A potential swing vote on the newly all-male South Carolina Supreme Court grilled lawyers over whether patients have enough time to get an abortion after learning of their pregnancy as the justices weighed whether a new ban is similarly unconstitutional to one that got shot down earlier this year. The right to an abortion in South Carolina was back before the state's highest court Tuesday as Republicans try to restore the ban. A 3-2 majority in January tossed a similar law that banned abortion once cardiac activity is detected. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster recently signed into law a similar ban that starts once cardiac activity is detected. That restriction has been placed on hold as the case involving the new ban moves through the courts.
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June 20, 2023 — Updates from the 2024 campaign trail as Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley visits the Palmetto State; Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) responds to comments from former President Barack Obama; a recap of the 2023 South Carolina legislative session; and more.
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June 17, 2023 — What state lawmakers accomplished this state legislative session and what's on the table for next year; Rep. James Clyburn on gun reform; comments from South Carolina politicians on the arraignment of former President Donald Trump; and more.