Charleston Law School Still Struggling With Bar Exam
LET THE LAW SCHOOL HARANGUES BEGIN … Students from the Charleston School of Law (CSOL) posted an anemic 50.9 percent passage rate on the July 2016...
S.C. Supreme Court
Lawsuit Challenges SC “Roads Bill”
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WATCHDOG SAYS $2.2 BILLION BORROWING BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL … A government watchdog based out of Greenville, S.C. is asking the Palmetto State’s Supreme Court to...
SC Senator Slammed Over Judicial Lobbying Efforts
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LAWMAKER UNDER FIRE FOR PIMPING SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE … A liberal “Republican” S.C. Senator may have run afoul of the law in lobbying business leaders to support...
Democratic SC Supreme Court Candidate Courting “Republican” Support?
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MATTHEW RICHARDSON HUDDLES WITH RICK QUINN … A former Democratic candidate for attorney general in South Carolina is reportedly lining up support from the state’s largest...
Alan Wilson Gives $10K Raise To #ProbeGate Schemer
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“OBSTRUCT JUSTICE, GET PAID …” Adam Piper is a political operative who works (on the taxpayer dime) in the office of South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson....
David Pascoe: Vindictive “Napoleon?”
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ALLEGATIONS HURLED AT PROSECUTOR … S.C. first circuit solicitor David Pascoe is political hack with a “Napoleon complex,” a host of personal scandals lurking in his...
SC Supreme Court Race: Early Favorites
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SEVEN CANDIDATES VIE FOR A SPOT ON PALMETTO STATE’S TOP COURT … Prepare to be shocked, but the “Republican-controlled” S.C. General Assembly is poised to elect...
SC Freedom Of Information Act Must Be Strengthened
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OPEN MEETINGS A VITAL TOOL AGAINST CORRUPTION There’s an excellent post up on The Nerve this week arguing for the strengthening of South Carolina’s Freedom of...
Heed GOP Platform On Education
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“REPUBLICANS” GET RHETORIC RIGHT ON SCHOOL CHOICE There’s a lot not to like about the 2016 “Republican” party platform (.pdf). Just ask South Carolina’s libertarian-leaning State...
Thad Viers Disbarred
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EX-LAWMAKER BANNED FROM PRACTICING LAW Former S.C. Rep. Thad Viers – currently serving time in federal prison on a money laundering charge – has been...