South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

COLUMBIA (AP) — Police officers and journalists outnumbered demonstrators Wednesday at the South Carolina Statehouse, which was closed to the public because of security reasons. About a dozen people, both for and against new President Joe Biden, stood on the ...

Tagged with: Inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has filed a criminal complaint against a South Carolina man who authorities said was captured taking a selfie with a statue of John C. Calhoun while illegally storming the U.S. Capitol with supporters of President ...

Tagged with: Capitol Riots President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian literature on campus. The school, Georgia Gwinnett College, has ...

Tagged with: Freedom of Speech

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s top prosecutor is facing a disciplinary complaint alleging he backed a “false and frivolous” lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, accused of helping to fan the flame of insurrection that ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s 2021 Legislative session opens with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and plenty of issues still looming that got set aside when the pandemic started last spring and brought most of the General Assembly’s work to ...

Tagged with: SC Legislature

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will introduce Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general on Thursday along with three others he has selected for senior Justice Department positions to “restore the independence” of the agency and faith in ...

Tagged with: Merrick Garland

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report the role technology has played in keeping courts running. The high ...

Tagged with: coronavirus

COLUMBIA (AP) — A former South Carolina county’s councilwoman, accused of paying for vacations and shopping sprees with taxpayers’ money, has been temporarily barred from practicing law. The South Carolina Supreme Court, in an order posted Tuesday, suspended ex-Richland County ...

Tagged with: South Carolina Bar

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the House of Representatives. ...

Tagged with: census

ORANGEBURG (AP) — Some prisoners in South Carolina will soon be able to attend college for free. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says it is partnering with Claflin University, a historically Black private school in Orangeburg, to offer bachelor’s ...

Tagged with: Prison