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South Carolina mother sues Secessionist Party over photo
CHARLESTON (AP) A black woman is suing the Secessionist Party of South Carolina, saying two of her children were subjected to social media ridicule after they were photographed holding Confederate flag images. The lawsuit filed by Alicia Greene says she didn’t know about the pictures of her children until they had gone viral. Both children […]
Rebel without a case
After a two-year, $10 million renovation, the York County Courthouse reopened earlier this year to a mostly warm reception. It featured refurbished wood floors, cathedral-style ceilings, and elevators. What it did not feature is the Confederate flag and portraits of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee that had previously adorned the walls of the main […]
Rebel Rebel
Charleston lawyer Lee Anne Walters is in hot water over an alleged freakout and hit-and-run that left a Confederate flag-waving South Carolina Secessionist Party member with a busted knee. Walters is accused of crashing a Secessionist demonstration at the Battery on June 24 and ripping a rebel flag vanity plate from the front bumper of […]
Eatery owner fights Confederate flag with zoning complaint
A restaurateur has filed a zoning complaint over a Confederate flag flying near his South Carolina eatery, amid an ongoing feud with the Sons of Confederate Veterans. An attorney for Edisto River Creamery & Kitchen owner Tommy Daras sent a letter May 24 to the city of Orangeburg arguing the flag is on land that […]
York Co. seeks to not return Confederate flag to courtroom
YORK (AP) York County is requesting an opinion from the South Carolina attorney general about whether it has to return a Confederate flag to the county’s renovated courtroom. The county’s lawyer wrote the attorney general earlier this month, saying the flag and other Confederate items aren’t monuments or memorials. The letter describes the items as […]
South Carolina law makes it tough to lower Confederate flags
WALHALLA (AP) In the aftermath of the racially motivated Charleston church slayings in 2015, the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina Statehouse during an elaborate nationally televised ceremony. But in less prominent places, the fight over the flag rages on, with the rebel banner garnering at least two recent victories. That’s because a […]
Confederate flag won’t return to South Carolina courtroom
YORK, S.C. (AP) — A Confederate flag and portraits of Confederate generals will not return to a South Carolina courtroom when renovations are soon completed. York County Clerk of Court David Hamilton says history is important, but the future is even more important. He says it is critical everyone feels they are being treated fairly […]
Effort to strip Confederate emblem off Mississippi state flag is failing
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An effort to erase the Confederate battle emblem from Mississippi’s flag is failing because sponsors haven’t collected enough signatures to put an initiative on the 2018 ballot. The petition drive started in response to the June 2015 slayings of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, and was part […]
Flag flap
Gov. Nikki Haley created a stir among some circles recently when she congratulated Coastal Carolina University following its baseball team’s win over Arizona at the College World Series.
The world will little note nor long remember
South Carolina isn’t the only state that’s had to deal with a heated debate over whether the Confederate flag belongs on statehouse grounds. Last week, the issue popped up in an unlikely location—the Keystone State. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf had a Confederate flag removed from a Flag Day exhibit in the state’s capitol June 15 […]
The Confederate flag lawsuit ‘that never was’
As lawmakers in South Carolina’s House of Representatives debated late into the evening over a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State House, Columbia lawyer Joe McCulloch sat at his desk with a lawsuit that was at least 21 years in the making. “It was a walk to the Supreme […]
Clyburn says The Citadel needs to remove Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s only Democratic congressman says The Citadel should remove the Confederate flag from Summerall Chapel. Sixth District Rep. Jim Clyburn met with reporters in Columbia on Wednesday. He said state lawmakers next year need to clear the way for removal of the Confederate Naval Jack from the chapel. The school’s […]
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- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
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