In South Carolina, the state legislature elects judges – including to the South Carolina Supreme Court. This process incentivizes backroom deals that allows activist, liberal judges to hide their judicial records. Judges should be selected based on their merit and faithfulness to the Constitution. Nothing more, nothing less.
Protecting innocent, unborn life, safeguarding our Second Amendment, ensuring religious liberty, and offering parents more educational choices for their children.
For decades, South Carolinians have had to settle for far too many liberal, activist judges who do not represent our values. This has come at a cost:
In the past ten years South Carolina judges have:
X Ruled against religious liberty (2019)
X Ruled against school choice for low-income families (2020)
X Ruled against the constitutional separation of powers (2011)
X Allowed corrupt politicians to walk free with no jail time (2018)
On February 3, 2021, the South Carolina General Assembly did the right thing by rejecting a liberal judge running for the South Carolina Court of Appeals. But the work of reforming the judicial selection process is just beginning. We need to take the power away from trial lawyers and special interest groups by allowing the governor to nominate judges, with the advice and consent of the state senate.