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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.
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South Carolina is about to trade its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one.
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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.
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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.
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The South Carolina General Assembly will vote June 5 to elect a new justice to the state Supreme Court. Chief Justice Donald Beatty is retiring this year because of the state's 72-year age limit for judges.
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Six candidates — three men and three women, two are African American — are seeking an open seat on the S.C. Supreme Court.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, heard arguments over a state law that offers families meeting certain poverty thresholds public money to pay for private school tuition, among other education-related needs.
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Justice John Kittredge will succeed Chief Justice Don Beatty, who is the court's only Black justice. Beatty will retire from the court this summer.
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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.