South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Speaking of federal judges serving lifetime appointments, a federal judge in Nebraska has raised controversy after going on a Twitter offensive against a group of law clerks who are working to combat sexual harassment in the federal judiciary. Richard Kopf, ...

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Had a Virginia district court judge made his inappropriate remarks before a jury, Edward Kehoe might very well be a free man. Alas, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that since the race-based comments came during a ...

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Sporting an “Explorer” badge and a pistol while driving a car decked out with a siren, blue lights, a PA system, and a North Carolina license plate, a 21-year-old cop impersonator tried to pull over a motorcyclist in South Carolina ...

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  When it comes to addressing the annoying and pervasive presence of potholes, South Carolina apparently prefers a reactive approach—instead of actually fixing the potholes, the state would rather pay for the damage that the pavement pockmarks cause to vehicles. ...

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Some doors are best left closed, especially when you’re a meth dealer and the handle you’re reaching for is attached to a unmarked vehicle packed with drug enforcement agents and their K-9. Despite the fact that the police dog was ...

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Despite efforts by the South Carolina Department of Corrections to keep contraband, including marijuana, out of its prisons, a weed compound may one day be welcomed to waltz in through the front gate. As the department has installed golf-course-style netting ...

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Here’s a surprise from last Tuesday’s voting: A political newcomer, Kambrell Garvin, knocked off a 10-year veteran of the South Carolina House, Rep. Joe McEachern, D-Richland County, for the Democratic nomination. Here’s another surprise: Garvin is a law student at ...

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This Sidebar reporter recently spoke to South Carolina Department of Corrections officials about how the agency is working to prepare inmates for their return to society. But despite the best efforts of any agency employing any methodology, statistically speaking, not ...

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“Former Chief Justice Costa Pleicones appointed Circuit Judge Tanya Gee as an Acting Judge of this court in the summer of [2016]. Judge Gee served as a law clerk, Chief Staff Attorney, and Clerk of Court for the Court of ...

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The moonshine defense didn’t work. A man who claimed that laced homemade liquor caused him to blackout before he went berserk and stabbed his wife with a barbecue fork has failed to convince the South Carolina Court of Appeals that ...

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