“Regardless of how you feel about vaccines, President Biden’s edict is illegal and if the administration doesn’t change course we’ll pursue every legal option to strike it down,” Attorney General Wilson said.
According to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Lexington woman was arrested Friday and accused of exploiting a vulnerable adult whom she served as their power of attorney.
Republicans in the South Carolina House plan to meet as soon as they can to figure out how to fight back against President Joe Biden’s order that all larger businesses require their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In an declaratory judgement action released Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court finds that the ordinance passed by the City of Columbia mandating masks in public schools is in violation of state law.
The governor’s stance has been consistent, as has that of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. Earlier this summer, he announced a city wide mask mandate for 43 elementary and middle schools in the city.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he is joining a group of 19 other states in a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Tennessee seeking to prevent the Biden administration from enforcing unlawful interpretations of federal antidiscrimination laws regarding transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.
“As we have stated, the City of Columbia and our ordinance requiring facemasks in schools are not in violation of any state law. In fact, we are in compliance with South Carolina Constitutional law, which makes it our legal and ethical obligation to protect the health, safety and well-being of our citizens,” said Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin in a statement regarding AG Wilson’s lawsuit.
An Elgin man is facing six charges related to the sexual exploitation of a minor.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is filing a suit against the City of Columbia over its institution of a mask mandate in schools.
“The real question is ‘Can the city enforce the ordinance that they wrote?’ That’s something that has to be interpreted by the courts,” said State Senator John Scott of Columbia.
