South Carolina groups seek judicial selection change
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August 30, 2012
South Carolina: A variety of South Carolina political and special interest groups have banded to together to seek ethics law changes, including changes to the way judges are selected. The effort is headed up by the South Carolina Policy Council think tank, but it has support of the Coastal Conservation League (environmental organization), the S.C. Campaign for Liberty (Tea Party) and Operation Lost Vote (voting-rights). Ashley Landess, Policy Council president, stated, "The concentration of power and secrecy (in South Carolina) has led to the nation’s most powerful, least accountable politicians."[1] These groups hope to pressure the Legislature to change various laws.
Their list of requests included a proposal that the governor nominate judges rather than having judicial candidates go through a merit selection commission whose members are selected by lawmakers. Currently, the legislature selects judges from a list of three finalists chosen by the commission.[1]
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