SC Supreme Court

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette in Columbia, SC.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of when a heartbeat starts.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for February 11, 2025: we look at statehouse activity for this week, including a bill that would allow Scout Motors and Teslas to be sold in South Carolina, which is currently illegal; a state Supreme Court hearing this week on the six-week abortion bill; Rock Hill Rep. Brandon Guffey discusses his efforts to keep children safe online; and more!

The S.C. Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision struck down part of a state law that would have allowed public tax dollars to be used to primarily offset the cost of private school tuition.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal.

S.C. Supreme Court Justice-elect Letitia Verdin will join the state's high court in August after her unanimous election by the Legislature on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

South Carolina is about to trade its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one.

June 3, 2024 — A look this week's special legislative session to elect the next state Supreme Court justice; Sen. Tim Scott was on Fox News Sunday talking about former President Donald Trump’s guilty convictions; the latest research on climate change as we head into hurricane season; and more.

There are two candidates for the S.C. Supreme Court vacancy left in the race: Judges Blake Hewitt and Letitia Verdin. Both sit on the state Court of Appeals.