As overhaul of South Carolina’s judicial selection process last year was underwhelming, and a new judicial merit selection ...

Earlier this year there was a South Carolina judicial race with a qualified, unopposed candidate who lost her election.

The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.

When South Carolina’s only female Supreme Court justice retired after helping strike down an abortion ban, the largely male legislature rallied behind the lone male candidate to replace her.

South Carolina’s Supreme Court Joins 18 Other States With All-White Judges. For the first time in roughly 20 years, the Supreme Court in Columbia, South Carolina, will consist of only white judges.

South Carolina State Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, center, stands with retired Chief Justice Ernest Finney, left, after administering the oath of office to Justice Don Beatty, right ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 6, 2024, over the constitutionality of the electric chair and firing squad as death penalty methods. File/Alexander Thompson/Staff.

The Supreme Court has extended a pause, for now, on a lower court ruling that struck down a key tool for protecting minority ...

Summerville lawyer David Johnston received retroactive law license suspension for a federal misdemeanor charge his actions at ...

South Carolina is currently the only state in the nation to have an all-male Supreme Court. Former Chief Justice Jean Toal retired in 2015 leaving only one woman on the court, Justice Kaye Hearn ...

South Carolina’s top judicial leaders say family courts are overwhelmed, and Berkeley County is one of the hardest-hit. A new ...

FILE - South Carolina State Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, center, stands with retired Chief Justice Ernest Finney, left, after administering the oath of office to Justice Don Beatty ...