Lazenby: The War On Journalists Continues
Late last week, a divided federal appeals court ruled that James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and reporter for The New York Times, must...
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Home Invaders Can “Stand Their Ground?”
by FITSNews
Uber-liberal “news columnist” John Monk at The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper has a lengthy piece up this week detailing the story of accused murderer Gregg...
Wire: Racism, Clemson, Trains, Etc.
by FITSNews
We get lots of tips, comments and questions here at FITS about stuff we write … and stuff people want us to write. Wanna share a link?...
SC Democrats Respond To Voting Rights Ruling
Columbia, SC – Today, the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. The SCDP released this statement from Chairman Jaime Harrison: “The...
US Voting Rights Act Scuttled
by FITSNews
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled an entire section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) unconstitutional – a far-reaching decision which...
Jean Toal’s Lawmaker Protection Order
by FITSNews
Last Friday, S.C. Supreme Court chief justice Jean Toal quietly issued an “amendment and clarification” of a 2010 order excusing state lawyer-legislators from having to...
SC Lawmaker Has Crack Bust On Record
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A sitting South Carolina lawmaker has a previously undisclosed drug bust on his record, FITS has learned. Christopher Hart (D-Richland) – a Columbia-based attorney –...
Lazenby: On The House’s Abortion Ban
by FITSNews
In the forty years since Roe v. Wade was passed, there has been an increasing trend on the part of states to circumvent the Supreme Court decision...
SCOTUS Rules On Voter ID
by Letters
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided this week that the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), passed in 1993, took precedence over Arizona’s Proposition 200,...
Lazenby: Corporations, Government And Your Privacy
by FITSNews
Last night I had a discussion with a close friend after he posted this political cartoon on his Facebook wall: The caption accompanying the cartoon read:...