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The committee, so far, has heard testimony from several officials across the state, including South Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice John Kittredge, Attorney General Alan Wilson and ...
Rankin is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 33rd District since 1993. Rankin chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, and serves on the Senate Banking and Insurance, Education, Ethics, and Transportation Committees. In 2021, he served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Redistricting Committee. [1]
South Carolina is one of two states where the state legislature elects state court judges, including the justices on the state supreme court. [3] A ten-person committee (composed mostly of state legislators) called the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) winnows down the number of candidates to fill a judicial vacancy to three based on candidate qualifications.
He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 120th District, serving since 2013. He is a member of the Republican party. He was the chairman of the oversight committee and served on the judiciary committee. [1] [2] In 2022, Newton was appointed Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. [3]
While he chaired a number of committees including the Rules Committee (1959-1974), the Highways Committee (1973-1975), the Natural Resources Committee (1945-1950), he is best known for his service on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the South Carolina School Committee, often referred to as the "Gressette Committee". [4] As Chairman of the ...
A native of Central, South Carolina, Graham received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981. Most of his active duty during his military service happened from 1982 to 1988, when he served with the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the United States Air Force , as a defense attorney and then as the ...
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
Justice Began active service Ended active service Notes David Gordon Baker: 1935: 1956: Became chief justice in 1943 Elihu H. Bay: 1791: 1838 - Donald W. Beatty