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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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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US appeals court rules students cannot be prosecuted under South Carolina school disturbance laws

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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ACLU claims South Carolina prison policy banning interviews violates First Amendment

JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) on Thursday, claiming the department’s ban on news media interviews for incarcerated people violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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“‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga., Pa. Courts Tie for No. 1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”

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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South Carolina Republicans ask justices to let district ruled a racial gerrymander go forward

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2024

The dispute centers on the map adopted by the South Carolina legislature in 2021 for the state’s seven seats in the U.S. A Black voter who lives in District 1 and the South Carolina Conference of the NAACP argued that the new district was the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. House of Representatives.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina racial gerrymander case

JURIST

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in case involving racial gerrymandering claims against South Carolina’s congressional map. John Gore argued on behalf of South Carolina Senate President Thomas Alexander, who is the defendant in the case.

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US Supreme Court upholds South Carolina District 1 Congressional map

JURIST

MAY 23, 2024

South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP , released on Thursday, which concluded race did not impermissibly exclude Black voters. South Carolina District 1 was redrawn following the previous census. ” This District Court ruling was the center of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alexander.

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Federal court temporarily blocks mask mandate ban in South Carolina schools

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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South Carolina Lawyer Gets Slap On The Wrist After Swindling Millions From Victims

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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South Carolina Lawyer Accused Of Recording Renters At His Rental Unit

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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US federal judge panel orders South Carolina use congressional map previously declared unconstitutional

JURIST

MARCH 29, 2024

A panel of federal judges in South Carolina issued an order Thursday reinstating a congressional map that was declared unconstitutional racial gerrymander in 2023 due to concerns that it would be impractical to adopt a new map so close to the 2024 election season. The case began after Congressional District No.

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“South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution”

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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“South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court”

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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The morning read for Friday, Nov. 1

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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South Carolina laws that prosecute kids for ‘disorderly’ conduct are unconstitutional, 4th Circuit says

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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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US federal judge rules NAACP data collection lawsuit may proceed

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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Court of Appeals of South Carolina Finds Rule 801(d)(2)(B) Applied to Defendant's Head Nod

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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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South Carolina Governor Plans To Axe Gay Marriage Citing Compelling Legal Doctrine Of ‘Our Traditions’

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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A Testifying Cop with Priors And An Unidentified Leaker Walk Into A South Carolina Voting Booth — See Also

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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“Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map; The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats.”

HowAppealing

MAY 23, 2024

“Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map; The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats.” ” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G.

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Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Share It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisianas latest redistricting plan. And with Republicans holding only a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the courts decision could affect the balance of power there. The legislature drafted a new map, known as S.B.

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The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 19

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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MA high court rules Harvard can retain racist slave photos but must face lawsuit from subject’s descendant

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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New York county redraws voting map after lawsuit claims racial gerrymandering

JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2025

Once approved by the court, the county will enforce a new map including six districts in which Black, Latino, and Asian residents constitute the majority of eligible voters. Louisiana’s case went as far as the US Supreme Court before its map was deemed unconstitutional. In the current map, only four such districts exist.

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“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”

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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United States: Court Of Appeals Upends Agricultural Permitting In South Carolina - Nexsen Pruet

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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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Brown v. Board of Education should be renamed, group plans to tell Supreme Court

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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Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

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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A South Carolina Legal Technology Case is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court – Why You Should Care

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

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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“SC Supreme Court issues Heritage Act ruling, calling vote measure an ‘overreach'”

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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“SC Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Heritage Act shielding monuments”

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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South Carolina’s Racial Gerrymandering Is Headed To The Supreme Court

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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“SC Supreme Court strikes down Columbia mask mandate for schools as COVID surges”

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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Law firms, courts deal with aftermath of Hurricane Ian

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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“SC Supreme Court to take up Murdaugh’s appeal over clerk’s alleged jury tampering”

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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In the South Carolina countryside, a dispute over “citizen suits” under the Clean Water Act

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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Georgia Republican leadership announces new redistricting map amid ongoing litigation

JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Jones of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division required the Georgia legislature to redraw an earlier version of the proposed Georgia Congressional map that does not dilute the voting power of Black Georgia voters. We look forward to passing this fair redistricting plan.”

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“Why the SC Supreme Court ordered a convicted killer released 16 years early back to prison”

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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SCOTUS will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries can sue over state’s defunding of Planned Parenthood

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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Did court fail to ‘disentangle race from politics’ when it overturned voting map? SCOTUS to decide

ABA Journal

MAY 15, 2023

Supreme Court will hear an appeal to a decision striking down a redrawn South Carolina congressional district for discriminating against Black voters. The…

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SCOTUS Rules Challenged South Carolina District Is Not a Racial Gerrymander

Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 19, 2024

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. In Alexander v.

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“Federal appeals court upholds decision to block SC’s ‘heartbeat’ bill”

HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

“Federal appeals court upholds decision to block SC’s ‘heartbeat’ bill”: Nick Reynolds of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

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“SC’s Heritage Act protecting Confederate monuments faces critical test in SC Supreme Court”

HowAppealing

MAY 23, 2021

“SC’s Heritage Act protecting Confederate monuments faces critical test in SC Supreme Court”: Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

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Supreme Court declines South Carolina agency appeal in Google antitrust case

US appeals court rules students cannot be prosecuted under South Carolina school disturbance laws

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ACLU claims South Carolina prison policy banning interviews violates First Amendment

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“‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga., Pa. Courts Tie for No. 1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”

South Carolina Republicans ask justices to let district ruled a racial gerrymander go forward

US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina racial gerrymander case

US Supreme Court upholds South Carolina District 1 Congressional map

Federal court temporarily blocks mask mandate ban in South Carolina schools

South Carolina Lawyer Gets Slap On The Wrist After Swindling Millions From Victims

South Carolina Lawyer Accused Of Recording Renters At His Rental Unit

US federal judge panel orders South Carolina use congressional map previously declared unconstitutional

“South Carolina revisits shield law as Supreme Court debates firing squad, electrocution”

“South Carolina justice warns judicial diversity is needed in only state with all-male high court”

The morning read for Friday, Nov. 1

South Carolina laws that prosecute kids for ‘disorderly’ conduct are unconstitutional, 4th Circuit says

US federal judge rules NAACP data collection lawsuit may proceed

Court of Appeals of South Carolina Finds Rule 801(d)(2)(B) Applied to Defendant's Head Nod

South Carolina Governor Plans To Axe Gay Marriage Citing Compelling Legal Doctrine Of ‘Our Traditions’

A Testifying Cop with Priors And An Unidentified Leaker Walk Into A South Carolina Voting Booth — See Also

“Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map; The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats.”

Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 19

MA high court rules Harvard can retain racist slave photos but must face lawsuit from subject’s descendant

New York county redraws voting map after lawsuit claims racial gerrymandering

“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”

United States: Court Of Appeals Upends Agricultural Permitting In South Carolina - Nexsen Pruet

Brown v. Board of Education should be renamed, group plans to tell Supreme Court

Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

A South Carolina Legal Technology Case is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court – Why You Should Care

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

“SC Supreme Court issues Heritage Act ruling, calling vote measure an ‘overreach'”

“SC Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Heritage Act shielding monuments”

South Carolina’s Racial Gerrymandering Is Headed To The Supreme Court

“SC Supreme Court strikes down Columbia mask mandate for schools as COVID surges”

Law firms, courts deal with aftermath of Hurricane Ian

“SC Supreme Court to take up Murdaugh’s appeal over clerk’s alleged jury tampering”

In the South Carolina countryside, a dispute over “citizen suits” under the Clean Water Act

Georgia Republican leadership announces new redistricting map amid ongoing litigation

“Why the SC Supreme Court ordered a convicted killer released 16 years early back to prison”

SCOTUS will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries can sue over state’s defunding of Planned Parenthood

Did court fail to ‘disentangle race from politics’ when it overturned voting map? SCOTUS to decide

SCOTUS Rules Challenged South Carolina District Is Not a Racial Gerrymander

“Federal appeals court upholds decision to block SC’s ‘heartbeat’ bill”

“SC’s Heritage Act protecting Confederate monuments faces critical test in SC Supreme Court”

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