Following a blockade — raised in protest for judicial reform — lawmakers are poised to hold judicial elections, beginning this week, now that a judicial reform bill has reached the Senate floor. “This ...

Some new and familiar faces will take the bench in Upstate courtrooms as the South Carolina General Assembly elected new judges this week. Two judge positions each in the judicial circuits covering ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — The chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court issued an interim policy order Tuesday setting rules on the use of generative AI by the state's judicial branch. Chief ...

Senate President Thomas Alexander, R-Oconee, presides over a joint session of the General Assembly, where lawmakers gathered to elect a slate of state judges, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Javon L.

Legislators went into the final week of this year’s regular session with two major reforms within their grasp. The most important one — as we told you Sunday — appeared not to survive, although ...

After months of debating over how South Carolina selects state judges, a solution to the biggest criticism of the judicial election process remains: How much power will lawyer-legislators continue to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission announced its six candidates for the next open state supreme court seat. In South Carolina, the supreme court is chosen by ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The first bill that attempts to reform how South Carolina selects its judges earned a key approval in the state Senate Thursday afternoon. The bill’s approval Thursday comes ...

South Carolina Chief Justice Donald Beatty, left, and the rest of the South Carolina Supreme Court, including Justice Donald Kittredge and justice John Few attend the State of the State address in the ...