Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts

Monday, April 15, 2024

Will SC have a Supreme Court of all white men or will legislators push to diversify?

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COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers could make moves to diversify the state Supreme Court. Or it could become the only all-male, all-white high court in the nation through at least 2028, the next time an opening is expected.

Three female judges — including two women of color — are among six candidates vying to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Don Beatty, the only Black justice on the state’s high court. The other three candidates are white men.