JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday ruled that two South Carolina school disturbance laws cannot be used to prosecute students for disruptive behavior. The other, South Carolina’s so-called “disturbing schools law,” makes it a crime to disturb or loiter in a school building.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Jocelyn Newman ruled Tuesday that the state’s planned use of a firing squad and an electric chair for executions was unconstitutional. After the convictions, South Carolina passed Bill 200 , which changed the default method of execution in the state to electrocution.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The South Carolina Senate Thursday passed H.5399, South Carolina’s existing abortion law, the Fetal Heartbeat Protection From Abortion Act , is currently pending in front of the state’s Supreme Court. 5399, a bill tightening abortion restrictions.

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2023

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act , a state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. In May, a South Carolina court issued a temporary injunction preventing the ban from being enforced. We’ll never stop fighting.”

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2023

A South Carolina state judge Friday temporarily blocked a newly-signed abortion ban that went into effect Thursday after being signed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. The group asked that a South Carolina court in Richland County temporarily block the ban’s enforcement.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”: Everett Catts of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has this article. “‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga., Courts Tie for No. Courts Tie for No.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“South Carolina State Trial Judge Confirmed to Fourth Circuit”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report. The post “South Carolina State Trial Judge Confirmed to Fourth Circuit” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2021

The South Carolina Senate voted 32-11 in favor of expanding permissible ways of executing death row inmates. South Carolina is one of nine states that still has an electric chair and would become just the fifth state to approve of firing squads.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 28, 2023

“Conservative dissenters block abortion limits in Nebraska, South Carolina”: Brittany Shammas, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Rachel Roubein, and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post have this report.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court”: James Pollard of The Associated Press has this report. The post “South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2021

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill Monday allowing those with concealed weapons permits to carry their firearms openly in public. In a statement, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said , “the Open Carry with Training Act does not change the law on who can carry a firearm.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 13, 2023

“South Carolina GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for women who have abortions”: Stephen Neukam of The Hill has this report. The post “South Carolina GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for women who have abortions” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2022

A South Carolina judge Tuesday declined to overturn the state’s Fetal Heartbeat Law , which bans abortions after six weeks. The judge also granted the state’s request to send the case directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The challenge will now head to the state Supreme Court.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. To counteract this issue the South Carolina legislature passed Bill 200 in 2021, which made the electric chair the default method for execution. South Carolina currently has a death row population of 37.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 25, 2023

“South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution”: Kathryn Casteel of The Greenville News has this report. The post “South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic joined two physicians and Greenville Women’s Clinic to file a petition Thursday asking the Supreme Court of South Carolina to reconsider its decision to uphold a strict state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The US District Court for the District of South Carolina blocked the state’s mask mandate ban on Tuesday, determining that the mandate discriminates against children with disabilities. Proviso 1.108 , implemented in May of this year, placed a ban on mandating mask-wearing for teachers and school children.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the state’s constitutional privacy protections also apply to abortion, Kate Zernike reports for the New York Times. “The decision to terminate a pregnancy rests upon the utmost personal and private considerations imaginable,” the court ruled.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

South Carolina now has the ability to carry out executions by firing squad, the South Carolina Department of Corrections recently announced. The state’s capital punishment…

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

South Carolina Gov. The law, which went into effect July 1, requires that all law enforcement agencies in South Carolina become accredited or meet equivalent minimum standards. At present, just 51 of the 335 agencies in the state are fully accredited.

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The Crime Report

MAY 26, 2022

A new law requires police agencies across South Carolina to abide by minimum standards on tactics such as chokeholds and bans, putting an untrained officer on duty alone, Palmetto Politics reports. The law signed May 23 by Gov.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down two South Carolina laws that punish elementary and secondary school students who act “disorderly,” use “obscene” language…

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2021

Prison officials in the South Carolina Department of Corrections previously said they couldn’t get access to lethal injection drugs, and have yet to put together a group of individuals willing to be a firing squad, leaving the 109-year-old electric chair as the only option to carry out capital punishment sentences, the Associated Press reports. .

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The post South Carolina Governor Plans To Axe Gay Marriage Citing Compelling Legal Doctrine Of ‘Our Traditions’ appeared first on Above the Law. The gloves are well and truly off now, kids.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Today, I was teaching Federal Rule of Evidence 611 and was reminded of the difference between subsection (b) in the federal rules and its South Carolina counterpart. Federal Rule of Evidence 611(b) states that Cross-examination should not go beyond the.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 17, 2023

Candace Brewer, President of the Racial Justice Network, read a letter at the demonstration that was sent to South Carolina officials.

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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 General Assembly passed the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act with a 79-35 vote. South Carolina is not the first state to adopt a similar bill.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 19, 2023

Affirmative Action Ain't The Only Thing Getting Nixed This Year : Equal votes isn't really looking up in South Carolina, and the Supreme Court is to blame. The post A Testifying Cop with Priors And An Unidentified Leaker Walk Into A South Carolina Voting Booth — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 5, 2023

“South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion Right, State Supreme Court Rules; The decision overturns the state’s six-week ban on abortion, a major victory for abortion rights in the South, where the procedure is strictly limited”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

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Law 360

MARCH 2, 2023

A South Carolina federal judge declined Thursday to dismiss the majority of a suit claiming the University of South Carolina Beaufort retaliated against two ex-instructors who complained that a colleague continually harassed them, but lopped off a hostile work environment claim.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“‘I Feel Like We’re Backing Up, Instead of Moving Forward’; The Supreme Court Justice who upheld the right to an abortion in South Carolina is worried about the future of women in her state”: Lisa Rab has this article online at Politico.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 30, 2022

In custody hearings in South Carolina, there is a guardian ad litem appointed to advocate for the child in the early stages.

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HowAppealing

JULY 23, 2022

“South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get an abortion; More states could follow, setting up a battle over the future of online speech across the country”: Cat Zakrzewski has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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Above The Law

JULY 14, 2022

The post South Carolina Attorney Indicted For Murder Of Wife And Son On Top Of The ‘Embezzlement, Money Laundering, Hitman, Insurance Plot, Oxy’ Stuff appeared first on Above the Law. It just keeps going.

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Mondaq

MAY 30, 2022

The South Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that state regulator's issuance of "no-discharge" permits for agricultural animal facilities under agriculture-specific regulations could not substitute for.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Two sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina have been fired for their role in the death of Jamal Sutherland, a Black man on whom they used pepper spray and Tasers after he was taken to jail from a mental health facility in January, reports the New York Times.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. To address the housing crisis in South Carolina, the NAACP’s Housing Navigator Program sought to scrape online housing court records, so it could uncover tenants with eviction actions filed against them and further assist them with fighting those eviction actions.

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