Behind the community-led effort to ensure Letitia Verdin ends S.C.'s all-male high court
After a year-long wait, there is a woman on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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After a year-long wait, there is a woman on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
The South Carolina Legislature elected Court of Appeals Judge Letitia Verdin to the state Supreme Court June 5. She'll be the third woman on state's high court.
State where African Americans and Hispanics make up third of population to join 18 other states with all-white high courts
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD)- The race for a vacant seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court is down to two candidates after one withdrew from the race Tuesday. Circuit Court Judge Jocelyn Newman notified the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) around 1:30 p.m. that she was withdrawing her name from consideration, according to Erin Crawford, the […]
The South Carolina General Assembly will vote June 5 to elect a new justice to the state Supreme Court. Chief Justice Donald Beatty is retiring this year because of the state's 72-year age limit for judges.