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The Constitution of the State of South Carolina is the governing document of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It describes the structure and function of the state's government. The current constitution took effect on December 4, 1895. South Carolina has had six other constitutions, which were adopted in 1669, 1776, 1778, 1790, 1865 and 1868.
Gannett. Savannah Moss, Greenville News. August 1, 2024 at 2:12 AM. League of Women Voters of South Carolina and the state’s chapter of the ACLU filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging South Carolina ...
St. Kitts, British West Indies. Died. August 24, 1800. (1800-08-24) (aged 79) Charleston, South Carolina, US. Rawlins Lowndes (January 6, 1721 – August 24, 1800) was an American lawyer, planter and politician who became involved in the patriot cause after his election to South Carolina's legislature, although he opposed independence from the ...
John Rutledge (September 17, 1739 – June 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally, he served as the first president of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the ...
August 14, 2024 at 5:00 AM. Joshua Boucher/jboucher@thestate.com. A subtle change to the South Carolina Constitution will be on the November ballot. Whether it actually changes anything is up for ...
South Carolina was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on May 23, 1788. [1] Before it declared its independence, South Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, [2] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [3]
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A group that works to protect and expand voting rights is asking South Carolina's highest court to order lawmakers to redraw the state's U.S. House districts because they lean too far Republican.