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The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government. The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions, which were adopted in 1669, 1776, 1778, 1790, 1865 and 1868. [1]
South Carolina is a state in the United States of America and was the eighth admitted to the Union. The state of South Carolina was preceded by the Crown Colony of South Carolina, a constitutional monarchy which was overthrown during the American Revolution. Presently, South Carolina's government is formed as a representative democracy.
Prior to the civil rights movement in South Carolina, African Americans in the state had very few political rights. South Carolina briefly had a majority-black government during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, but with the 1876 inauguration of Governor Wade Hampton III, a Democrat who supported the disenfranchisement of blacks, African Americans in South Carolina struggled to ...
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that a ban on abortions after cardiac activity violates the state constitution's right to privacy. (AP Photo/James Pollard) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A South Carolina House vote Wednesday, tying together unrelated legislation, was allowed under House rules. But a local lawyer questions the legality of the action under the state constitution.
Title 63- South Carolina Children's Code Chapter 19 Articles 1-23 established the*South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and outlined the means and methods by which minors in the state can be prosecuted and subsequently incarcerated if convicted. This chapter was a part of South Carolina House Bill H.4747, passed in 2008, that ...
South Carolina voters can bring children under 18 years old into a voting booth. Getting help to complete a ballot Voters with disabilities or who are blind or unable to read and write can ask for ...
Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas offered similar declarations when they seceded, following South Carolina's example. The declaration does not make a simple declaration of states' rights. It asserts that South Carolina was a sovereign state that had delegated only particular powers to the federal government by means of the U.S. Constitution.