State Supreme Court hears challenges over state proviso regarding mask mandates in schools
This morning, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard two challenges over the state’s budget proviso regarding mask mandates in schools.
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S. Carolina Supreme Court prepares to hear 2 mask lawsuits
By Jeffrey Collins
South Carolina’s highest court will hear two challenges to the state’s refusal to let school districts require masks for students and teachers this week. The state Supreme Court has set aside two hours to hear the cases Tuesday.
SC Supreme Court says state law does not prohibit mask mandate at UofSC
In an opinion released Tuesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court found that the state’s proviso does not prohibit the institution of a mask mandate at the University of South Carolina.
State court blocks 2 scheduled executions in South Carolina
The South Carolina Supreme Court has blocked two executions that had been scheduled this month under the state’s recently revised capital punishment law. The high court issued the order Wednesday to pause execution plans for inmates Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens.
Court nixes South Carolina’s lifelong sex offender registry
By Meg Kinnard
South Carolina’s Supreme Court says a state law requiring sex offenders to register for life without prior judicial review is unconstitutional.
SC Supreme Court Chief Justice: In-person appearances suspended, beginning Monday
In a statement released Thursday, Chief Justice Donald Beatty of the South Carolina Supreme Court announced that in-person appearances will be suspended beginning Monday, January 11. It is unclear right now how long this suspension will last.
SC Supreme Court rules governor’s plan to spend federal coronavirus aid on private school grants unconstitutional
Five Supreme Court Justices vote unanimously that spending would count as a direct benefit to private schools from public schools funds
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that the governor’s plan to spend $32 million in federal coronavirus aid on grants to help parents afford K-12 private school unconstitutional.
Opening arguments begin in CARES Act lawsuit
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Friday morning, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing opening arguments in a lawsuit against Governor Henry McMaster’s decision to use CARES Act funds on private school vouchers. In July, Governor McMaster announced his plan to use $32 million in COVID-19 federal relief funds on these vouchers. The funding was blocked after Orangeburg County attorney Skyler Hutto…
Beatty Could Be 2nd Black Chief Justice Since Reconstruction
Don Beatty COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The state Supreme Court’s senior associate justice is the only person running for the court’s top job. A statement Monday from the Judicial Merit Selection Commission shows Don Beatty of Spartanburg is the only person running for chief justice. Republicans had sought another candidate. Beatty would become South Carolina’s second black chief justice since…
