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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCDPR) challenging a lower court ruling that found the state had waived sovereign immunity by participating in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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University of South Carolina Drops Plans To Exclude Whites from Special Academic Program

JonathanTurley

The University of South Carolina was hit with a Title VI complaint after it attempted to create a special academic program that expressly excluded whites from participation. It took a formal complaint to get the public school to agree to drop racial exclusions.

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Supreme Court Sides With Arizona Death Row Inmate

Constitutional Law Reporter

South Carolina , 512 U.S. In Simmons , the Supreme Court held that where a defendant’s future dangerousness is at issue, and state law prohibits his release on parole, due process requires that the sentencing jury be informed that the defendant is parole ineligible. Cruz subsequently appealed to the U.S.

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“Reimagining” History: Archives Racism Task Force Finds Rotunda Triggering

JonathanTurley

It describes the role of Black women in the Civil War, ‘the most famous being Harriet Tubman, who scouted for the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers.’”. The only sentence in which she appears notably lacks the reverence found in the document about Jefferson.

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South Carolina judge temporarily blocks new six-week abortion ban

JURIST

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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South Carolina Legislators Move to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Information

JonathanTurley

The South Carolina legislature is moving to enact a new law with deeply troubling free speech implications. In my view, the law violates the First Amendment and should be scuttled by the legislature. The language below is reminiscent of laws making it illegal to share information on committing suicide.

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SCOTUS Rules Challenged South Carolina District Is Not a Racial Gerrymander

Constitutional Law Reporter

South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , 602 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the lower court erred in finding that a South Carolina congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The legislature adopted the plan, and the Governor signed it into law. In Alexander v.

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