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This category is for circuit solicitors in South Carolina, elected representatives of the state for the prosecution of criminal offenses in each of the judicial circuits. (Solicitors are the equivalent of district attorneys in many other states.)
Solicitor, [b] or more fully a circuit solicitor, is the term South Carolina uses to refers to its prosecutors. [13] One solicitor is elected for each of the state's 16 judicial circuits, consisting of two to five counties. [13] [14] Appointed assistants to a circuit solicitor are assistant solicitors. [14]
These states include Delaware, [26] Georgia, [27] Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and West Virginia. In South Carolina, criminal trials in the state's judicial circuits are overseen by a "circuit solicitor" whose role is analogous to that of district attorney in most ...
South Carolina’s judicial system has become one of the hottest topics among state leaders, as some say the system is plagued by perceptions of unfairness and influence by powerful lawmakers. Now ...
The Governor of South Carolina is the chief executive of the state. The governor is elected to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. The current governor is Republican Henry McMaster who succeeded to the office of Governor of South Carolina when Governor Nikki Haley resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
"South Carolina should be run by South Carolinians. If the federal government can tell us what to do with these records, it can tell us we can't keep records at all. The 10th Amendment is the legal and spiritual guardian of state rights. Washington, D.C., is a long way from South Carolina, and the federal government needs to keep its distance." [7]
Eight other solicitors general have served on the United States Courts of Appeals. [citation needed] Within the Justice Department, the solicitor general exerts significant influence on all appeals brought by the department. The solicitor general is the only U.S. officer who is statutorily required to be "learned in the law". [6]
Five South Carolina attorneys subsequently filed complaints with the South Carolina Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Wilson, alleging that his participation in the Trump conspiracy lawsuit was an abuse of office that attempted to disenfranchise voters and had the effect of inflaming the subsequent insurrection. Wilson denied wrongdoing.