Updated: The sheriff of Richland County, South Carolina, has requested an FBI and U.S. Justice Department investigation after one of his deputies was captured on videos flipping an African-American student…
Appearing before a judge, even for something as minor as a neighborly squabble, can be a stressful event. But what if, instead of handing down fines and jail sentences, courts…
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South Carolina’s attorney general recently entered a settlement for $80,000 in legal fees for a couple who challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, which follows a federal judge’s order…
More than 20 years after retiring from the Florida bench, Judge Robert Beach still spends up to 10 days a month in court as a senior jurist and swims a…
A former traffic-court prosecutor, Kirk Fisher had envisioned an environmental law focus when he transitioned into private practice. He was even attending a post-law-degree graduate program in the subject at…
A judge in Charleston County, South Carolina, is expected to issue an injunction barring the Charleston School of Law from laying off a law professor who claimed she was fired…
Dylann Roof, the white suspect accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, last month, wants to plead guilty to federal hate-crime…
The 21-year-old suspect in a high-profile mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, should not have been able to buy a gun, the head of the…
Updated: After more than 13 hours of debate, the South Carolina House approved a bill early Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. Gov. Nikki Haley…
In the first of several votes needed to obtain approval to remove the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina state Capitol grounds, the Republican-controlled state senate voted 37-3 on…
A call Monday by South Carolina’s governor for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds was swiftly followed by announcements from additional states, major…
After a fatal shooting attack last week on nine people who were attending a Bible study group at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, the state’s governor…
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