South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation, a decision that state and federal officials have warned could throw Oklahoma into chaos. The ...

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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict Thursday on demands for President Donald Trump’s financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the public eye for ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More employers who cite religious or moral grounds can decline to offer cost-free birth control coverage to their workers, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, upholding Trump administration rules that could leave more than 70,000 women without free ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two people accused of placing an incendiary device at the foot of a monument to an avowed racist at the South Carolina Statehouse were arrested Wednesday, authorities said. Officers at the Statehouse found the device Saturday ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a decision flavored with references to “Hamilton” and “Veep,” the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, in cases ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says travel website Booking.com can trademark its name, a ruling that also impacts other companies whose name is a generic word followed by “.com.” The high court issued its 8-1 ruling Tuesday. Lower courts ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case of the Trump era. ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina reported a record-high number of COVID-19 hospitalizations Friday, Gov. Henry McMaster doubled down on his stance that a statewide mask requirement could not be enforced. “There’s no way we can make somebody do ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Department of Health and Environmental Control reported nearly 1,600 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday in South Carolina, surpassing the previous daily record of 1,290 set on Tuesday. The state said the 1,599 new cases ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s capital is now requiring most everyone to wear a face mask in public to guard against spreading the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The law, which took effect Friday after being approved by city ...

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