As overhaul of South Carolina’s judicial selection process last year was underwhelming, and a new judicial merit selection panel’s composition shows how little has changed. | Opinion ...

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

A woman who spent more than two years in prison over her disruptive behavior and comments to police during a 2020 Black Lives ...

Alex Murdaugh's attorney claims new evidence of jury tampering by clerk Becky Hill may be grounds for overturning his murder ...

WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court sided with South Carolina in its effort to deprive Planned Parenthood of public funding, a decision that is likely to prompt other Republican-led ...

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 ...

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 top judicial leaders say family courts are overwhelmed, and Berkeley County is one of the hardest-hit. A new Family Court seat is now coming to the ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...