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South Carolina House passes nullification bill to make Obamacare a crime
The South Carolina state House on Wednesday passed a so-called “nullification” bill that is declares President Barack Obama’s health care reform law to be “null and void,” and criminalizes it’s implementation. The South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act was passed by a state House vote of 65 to…
Reports of push poll tactics emerge in South Carolina special election
Democratic operatives on Wednesday alleged that congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch had been targeted by a highly-misleading and sleazy push polls. Two women active in Democratic politics told the liberal blog Think Progress that they received such calls . The push polls, which are designed to mislead voters with a phoney…
South Carolina woman caught trying to steal research ship in California
Police in San Diego, California caught a missing South Carolina woman on Tuesday after she tried to steal a 120-foot research ship while its occupants were still on board. According to KNSD-TV, security at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography called authorities after spotting the woman untying the boat’s dock lines…
3-year-old S.C. boy killed after mistaking pink handgun for toy
A 3-year-old boy in Greenville, South Carolina was shot in the head and killed on Friday after he started playing with a pink handgun because he thought it was a toy. Police responding to the shooting at Haywood Plantation Apartments said that Tmorej Smith was found with a gunshot wound…
Stephen Colbert’s sister plans to run for political office
Although Stephen Colbert did not become “President of the United States of South Carolina” last year, his sister has recently announced that she will be vying for political office. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, a Democrat, will be running in the special election race in South Carolina’s 1st District — left empty after…
South Carolina teacher suspended for stomping on an American flag
A teacher in Chapin, South Carolina was suspended this week after students said that during a lesson about symbols, he took an American flag and put it on the floor, then stomped on it. Students said they weren’t sure what the point of the demonstration was, according to WISTV 10…
Judge OKs immigration check, blocks other parts of S.C. law
A federal judge has blocked most of a South Carolina immigration law that, similar to the infamous Arizona law, created strict laws surrounding undocumented immigrants. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out parts of the similar Arizona law this past summer but let stand the ability of police officers to check…
S.C. voters using machines under government audit
In South Carolina, voters are casting ballots on touch-screen machines being audited by the oversight arm of the state legislature, reported the Free Times of Columbia, S.C. Republican Lt. Gov Glenn McConnell called for the review last year. One official with the Audit Council said they are investigating whether machines…
South Carolina voter ID law blocked until 2013
A federal court ruled Wednesday that South Carolina’s voter-identification law will go into effect starting next year, Reuters reported. A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court unanimously ruled that, though Act R54, as the law is called, does not discriminate against minorities, the state does not have enough time…
Man sucker punches public defender after getting 15-year sentence
A man in Rock Hill, South Carolina earned himself an extra six months behind bars earlier this week because he punched his own attorney after being given a 15-year sentence. Lamarcus Williamson was in handcuffs on Tuesday when the judge accepted his plea deal for robbery, drug and assault charges,…
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