SEVEN CANDIDATES VIE FOR A SPOT ON PALMETTO STATE’S TOP COURT … Prepare to be shocked, but the “Republican-controlled” S.C. General Assembly is poised to elect...
OPEN MEETINGS A VITAL TOOL AGAINST CORRUPTION There’s an excellent post up on The Nerve this week arguing for the strengthening of South Carolina’s Freedom of...
“REPUBLICANS” GET RHETORIC RIGHT ON SCHOOL CHOICE There’s a lot not to like about the 2016 “Republican” party platform (.pdf). Just ask South Carolina’s libertarian-leaning State...
EX-LAWMAKER BANNED FROM PRACTICING LAW Former S.C. Rep. Thad Viers – currently serving time in federal prison on a money laundering charge – has been...
WINNERS, LOSERS … Yesterday the S.C. Supreme Court issued a bombshell ruling in an ongoing public corruption case. At issue? Whether S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson...
PROSECUTOR EMPOWERED TO CONTINUE STATE HOUSE INVESTIGATION In a crushing defeat for S.C. attorney general Alan Wilson, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled that he had no...
PROSECUTOR’S REMARKS WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY S.C. first circuit solicitor David Pascoe will address the Sertoma Club of Columbia, S.C. this week. Pascoe is the prosecutor...
LOOKING BEYOND AN UNPRECEDENTED PALMETTO PROSECUTORIAL STANDOFF … All eyes are on the South Carolina Supreme Court this summer as it considers (albeit belatedly) what...