JURIST

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill on Thursday that prohibits an abortion if a physician detects a fetal heartbeat. The bill will only take effect if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. The General Assembly passed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act with a 79-35 vote.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Share The court will hear oral argument next term in a challenge to the congressional redistricting plan that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature enacted in the wake of the 2020 census. The legislators appealed to the Supreme Court. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2021

Share On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Rehaif v. United States , holding that a conviction under the federal statute penalizing felons in possession of a firearm requires not only the defendant’s knowledge that he possessed a gun, but also that he knew he had the legal status of a convicted felon.

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The Crime Report

MAY 9, 2022

Seven people hit with bullets at a South Carolina lounge during an Easter bash. In some states, residents couldn’t previously obtain a permit to carry if they had been convicted of resisting law enforcement or had juvenile adjudications that would have been felonies had the person been an adult.

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