HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Courts Tie for No. 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. Courts Tie for No. “‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga.,

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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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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date.

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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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Above The Law

JUNE 24, 2024

The post South Carolina Lawyer Gets Slap On The Wrist After Swindling Millions From Victims appeared first on Above the Law. Weird way to reward people who served.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

The post South Carolina Lawyer Accused Of Recording Renters At His Rental Unit appeared first on Above the Law. Check your rental before you get too comfortable.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. 1 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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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 26, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed mass shooter Dylann Roof’s conviction and death sentence. The court released a 149-page opinion detailing its affirmation. In January 2020, Roof appealed his conviction and sentence from the US District Court for the District of South Carolina.

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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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HowAppealing

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

JANUARY 12, 2023

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Columbia Division Wednesday decided that a First Amendment lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) over the state’s prohibition against data scraping may proceed.

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EvidenceProf Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Similar to its federal counterpart, South Carolina Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for The statement is offered against a party and is.a statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Heres the Thursday morning read: Ex-Congressman’s Meme Fight Faces Long Odds at Supreme Court (Kyle Jahner, Bloomberg Law News) Supreme Court Fast-Tracks TikTok Case in Face of Jan. 19 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Supreme Court's Accountability Measures Are Less Super Than One Would Expect : The investigation on the Dobbs leaker turned up goose egg. Next phase, the Court's spouses ? 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.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Thursday ruled that Harvard University does not need to relinquish slave photos taken for a Harvard professor’s racist 1850 study to the photo subjects’ descendant, Tamara Lanier.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 8, 2022

“Panel rejects South Carolina bid to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid program; Planned Parenthood South Atlantic can stay on the Palmetto State’s list of approved Medicaid providers, a federal appeals court ruled”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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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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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted a request by death row inmate John Cruz for post conviction relief from his 2005 death sentence. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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ABA Journal

MAY 31, 2023

A lawyer in Camden, South Carolina, plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rename Brown v. Board of Education for the first case taken to federal court in a quest to eliminate the separate-but-equal doctrine.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld a state law that gives death row inmates a choice of three execution methods: electrocution, firing squad or…

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. Both lawsuits ask the court to immediately halt implementation of the plan.

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The Crime Report

MAY 6, 2021

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs, the new bill requiring condemned inmates to choose either being shot or electrocuted if lethal injection drugs aren’t available, reports the Associated Press.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 13, 2023

Public access to court data through automated collection of online court records is a fundamental First Amendment right and it is critical to meaningful access to the United States legal system. The recent ruling in South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v.

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HowAppealing

MAY 28, 2024

“Only Black candidate drops out of SC Supreme Court race. Court will be all-White by summer.” ” The post “Only Black candidate drops out of SC Supreme Court race. .” ” The post “Only Black candidate drops out of SC Supreme Court race. Court will be all-White by summer.”

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, what level of state action is required to preclude citizen suits under the CWA. They named their venue Arabella Farm.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“SC Supreme Court issues Heritage Act ruling, calling vote measure an ‘overreach'”: John Monk and Emily Bohatch of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report. ” And Jeffrey Collins of The Associated Press reports that “ South Carolina’s Confederate monument protection law upheld.”

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HowAppealing

MAY 25, 2021

“SC Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Heritage Act shielding monuments”: Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report. ” You can access via this link the video of today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

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Above The Law

MAY 15, 2023

The post South Carolina’s Racial Gerrymandering Is Headed To The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law. Maybe we should start calling racial gerrymandering to exclude black voters 'reverse affirmative action.' People only seem to care when you put 'reverse' in front of it.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Several federal courthouses in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia were closed Friday, according… Law firms and courthouses are dealing with Hurricane Ian and its aftermath.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“SC Supreme Court strikes down Columbia mask mandate for schools as COVID surges”: John Monk and Chris Trainor of The State of Columbia, South Carolina have this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of South Carolina issued yesterday.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 13, 2024

“SC Supreme Court to take up Murdaugh’s appeal over clerk’s alleged jury tampering”: Ted Clifford of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 13, 2025

“Sister of US Supreme Court justice receives pipe bomb threat at Charleston residence”: Alan Hovorka and Caitlin Bell of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina have this report.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider whether Medicaid beneficiaries can sue over South Carolinas decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Although federal law generally…

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HowAppealing

APRIL 30, 2023

“Why the SC Supreme Court ordered a convicted killer released 16 years early back to prison”: John Monk of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report. You can access last Wednesday’s 3-to-2 order of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m.

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