Down-Ballot SC Judicial Race Drawing Heat
LAWMAKERS MULL CANDIDATES FOR CIRCUIT COURT … We’ve devoted much of our bandwidth of late to the ongoing legislative election for the S.C. Supreme Court … a...
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SC Supreme Court Changes Bar Exam Format
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AGAIN … It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a decade since this website burst onto the South Carolina news-making scene with an exclusive story...
SC Lawmakers Pose “Judge Swap”
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CONSERVATIVE STATE SENATOR BACKS BRUCE WILLIAMS, URGES JOHN FEW TO RUN IN 2017 … We knew it wouldn’t be long before the deal-making got underway...
SC Supreme Court Race Ratchets Up
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ALLEGATIONS, COMMITMENTS FLYING … At 12:00 p.m. EST today, “high noon,” members of the S.C. General Assembly can go public with their commitments in upcoming judicial races...
Education Lawsuit Looms Large In SC Supreme Court Race
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LAWMAKERS LEERY OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM … As we recently noted, there are three candidates seeking a spot on the S.C. Supreme Court this year. And because these...
Taylor Brown: Previewing Two Big SCGOP House Caucus Fights
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DIVIDED REPUBLICANS FACE SUPREME COURT RACE, LOOMING SPEAKER’S ELECTION || By TAYLOR BROWN || You recently read here about blow-up related to the S.C. House...
SC House Speaker Covets State Supreme Court Gig
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BUT CAN HE HANG ON LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT? S.C. Speaker of the House Jay Lucas is one of the most powerful men in...
SCDSS Slammed By Supreme Court
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AGENCY FOUND “GROSSLY NEGLIGENT” IN REMOVING CHILDREN FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY South Carolina’s Supreme Court has reversed an appeals court ruling involving the scandal-scarred S.C. Department...
Taylor Brown: A Changing Judiciary
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UPCOMING OPENINGS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES || By TAYLOR BROWN || Early next year, the S.C. General Assembly will elect a replacement for “retiring”...
SC Judicial Branch: Interminable Corruption
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RETIRING CHIEF JUSTICE’S SWEETHEART DEAL WILL TEST THE LEGITIMACY OF LEGISLATIVE “REFORM” South Carolina “Republican” lawmakers have vowed 2016 will be the year they finally clean up the...