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Judicial Reform: South Carolina Governor Signs Bill, Calls For More Action
“No good argument can justify maintaining or merely tinkering with the status quo.”
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Thank you Governor. Hope David Pascoe runs when Governor McMaster is termed out but I really appreciate how great of a Governor he has been throughout COVID and now with this….which honestly was a bit of a pleasant surprise. Don’t let up.
Little disappointed with the lack of coverage from this outlet after the Former Honorable Bentley Douglas Price “helped out” his legislative lawyer friends over the last three weeks. Maybe a little more coverage of the poster boy of the corrupt system by the media could have possibly forced a stronger bill. However, thanks to FITS for assisting the Low Country from being unburdened from the now Former Judge Price.
Over the past 20 plus years in South Carolina, well over 1200 ethics complaints have been lodged against sitting circuit court judges. Allegations of abuse of office, allegations of influence peddling or judges mishandling conflicts of interest.
The number of judges punished publicly as a result: zero. In one of these cases, former Family Court judge Segars-Andrews got off easy. But maybe not so with what rumors say? Who knows.
None of this is no longer a matter for polite presumptions. We are long overdue to start slam dunking and stripping any SC judge of their robe AND their law license who get out of order. This may sound harsh to many members of the legislature, but there is hard evidence that dozens deserve it. However, and sad to say, the clique they are in stepped forward and stood up for them as an effective wall of protection. Lawless protecting the lawless. It does happen.
Courts have stated unequivocally that the judicial title does not render its holder immune from responsibility even when the criminal act is committed behind the shield of judicial office. Ex Parte Virginia, Braatelien v. United States, 147 F.2d 888 (1945) and McFarland v. State, 109 N.W.2d 397 (1961).