SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT REVERSES ITSELF---AGAIN

The South Carolina Supreme Court today issued a decision revoking their ruling of earlier this year on abortion. Find it HERE . As we know from its sorry history in the church schism case, the only thing consistent about the SCSC is its inconsistency. In the church case, it issued three different "final" decisions, each one revoking the last one. It was chaos.

As the church case slowly progressed in SCSC (five years), I wondered if the court was acting from political reasons. We do not have to wonder any more. It is glaringly obvious today that the SCSC is thoroughly politicized. This is a travesty. 

The SCSC today is a group of five men. It is the only state supreme court in the U.S.A. that is all male. The four white men united to revoke the January 5, 2023 majority decision, that was written by the only woman justice at the time, Kaye Hearn. As soon as Hearn retired under the mandatory retirement law, she was replaced by a white man. Today's decision was written by Justice Kittredge, who is apparently the front runner to be elected by the state assembly as the new Chief Justice next year. After today, my money is on him.

I will return soon with more observations on the court and today's decision.