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At the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, arguments were held regarding the racial makeup of the 1st, 2nd and 5th districts. The plaintiffs asserted that the predominant factor in the adoption of the current district maps was race for all three districts, while the defendants asserted that party affiliation was the main factor during the redistricting process of ...
South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the "total takings" test for evaluating whether a particular regulatory action constitutes a regulatory taking that requires compensation.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that a ban on abortions after cardiac activity violates the state constitution's right to privacy. ... With this opinion, the Court has clearly exceeded ...
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a temporary block on the state’s abortion restrictions, with four justices agreeing and one dissenting in three separate opinions.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has all but cleared the way for the state to ramp up its murder machinery after more than 13 years of dormancy. It could mean the state will commit murder with ...
Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that, where a capital defendant's future dangerousness is at issue, and the only alternative sentence available is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, the sentencing jury must be informed that the defendant is ineligible for parole.
Plurality disagree with 6-week ban. Placing a question on the ballot could lead to a result anti-abortion lawmakers disagree with. A recent Winthrop University poll of 1,174 South Carolinians ...
State v Quattlebaum (338 S.C. 441, 527 S.E.2d 105) is a 2000 decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The case is notable for having established the precedent that a defendant may, with restrictions, call the prosecuting attorney as a witness.