South Carolina is one of two states, the other being Virginia, in which the Legislature alone elects judges. In most states, popular elections or combinations of the governor and the
COLUMBIA - Nine of South Carolina s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election.
All six of the lawmakers on …
Nine of South Carolina s 16 elected prosecutors, including the 1st Circuit s David Pascoe, are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates