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In urging the Supreme Court to review that decision, South Carolina called it “a recurring question of great national importance.” It's not just conservative states that want to defund Planned ...
South Carolina is about to trade its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The General Assembly, which picks almost all state judges, is expected Wednesday to elevate Court of Appeals ...
That decision came after the woman who wrote the majority opinion in a 3-2 ruling had to retire because of her age, and lawmakers made minor tweaks in the law, enabling another high court review.
South Carolina entered it into law on May 25, 2023, despite its similarity to 2021's fetal heartbeat law the state Supreme Court struck down. [28] The law generally banned abortion once there is "cardiac activity, or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart, within the gestational sac". [29]
The justices took up South Carolina's appeal of a lower court's decision barring the Republican-governed state from terminating funding to Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the organization's ...
South Carolina is one of two states where the state legislature elects state court judges, including the justices on the state supreme court. [3] A ten-person committee (composed mostly of state legislators) called the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) winnows down the number of candidates to fill a judicial vacancy to three based on candidate qualifications.
At the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, arguments were held regarding the racial makeup of the 1st, 2nd and 5th districts. The plaintiffs asserted that the predominant factor in the adoption of the current district maps was race for all three districts, while the defendants asserted that party affiliation was the main factor during the redistricting process of ...
That decision came after the woman who wrote the majority opinion in a 3-2 ruling had to retire because of her age, and lawmakers made minor tweaks in the law, enabling another high court review.