South Carolina bans all media interviews with incarcerated people, a policy the state's ACLU chapter says is the most restrictive in the country and infringes on its First Amendment rights.
South Carolina's Operation Rolling Thunder targets cash and contraband but harasses guilty and innocent travelers alike.
An uneven playing field allows the aggressive tactics and legal loopholes that turn traffic stops into cash grabs.
Routine searches of commercial buses violate privacy, target low-income passengers, and result in widespread violations.
A 21-month legal battle unveils the dark side of South Carolina's annual traffic crackdown.
Sen. Tim Scott introduced a bill Monday to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's action by invoking the Congressional Review Act.
Why are federal taxpayers paying for upgrades at tiny rural airports, Thanksgiving Day parades, and enhancements for Alaskan king crabs?
On some issues, Haley offered a fleeting glimpse of what a serious Republican party could look like.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.
Despite holding out against a seemingly inevitable Trump nomination, Haley lost in her home state.
The former South Carolina governor can't decide whether she likes corporate subsidies or opposes them on principle.
"Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt," Haley said during the opening moments of Wednesday's first Republican primary debate.
South Carolina will now only require a certificate of need for long-term care facilities, opening the health care market to smaller providers.
Americans’ opinions are more nuanced than headlines suggest, leaving little room for total bans.
"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.
Plus: ACLU sues over low-flying helicopter during protests, Canada's Online News Act, and more...
Plus: the editors field a listener question on intellectual property.
Is she an heir to Trump's throne? Is she a second coming for the pre-Trump Republican establishment? She doesn't even seem to know.
Expect a lot of harsh positioning on immigration and China.
The court ruled that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the right to privacy.
On Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing arguments in a case that could see the state's attempt to execute inmates by electrocution or firing squad declared unconstitutional.
Billboards remind state residents that controversial speech enjoys First Amendment protection.
Another example of the infuriating cronyism behind CON regulations, which won't apply to a well-established hospital in Charleston that's looking to move.
South Carolina's NAACP and ACLU are challenging the state's ban on automated data collection.
The Pharmacy Access Act is good policy stuck in legislative limbo.
Meanwhile in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court delays a planned execution by firing squad.
Due to a lack of access to lethal injection drugs, Richard Moore had to choose between the electric chair and getting shot through the heart.
The state's certificate of need laws are currently blocking an estimated $1 billion in potential health care investment.
In much the same way that zoning laws are wielded by NIMBYs to block new development, Certificate-of-Need laws can be used to impose costly delays on building new medical facilities.
Don't punish businesses for raising prices during a crisis.
This holiday season, police should give citizens the gift of just leaving them in peace.
Lindsey Graham just dodged a third-party bullet, but there are a handful of other tossup Senate races where third-party candidates could exceed the major candidates' margin.
Greenville has run its food trucks out of town.
Biden's win in South Carolina gives his campaign new life, increases the likelihood of a brokered convention in Milwaukee, and ends Tom Steyer's campaign.
Law enforcement and prosecutors have seized millions from people they’ve arrested. That might be coming to an end.
In Sunday morning announcement, Sanford says Trump is the "king of debt," and promises to champion fiscal issues.
South Carolina would become the fourth state to abolish the practice of seizing property without a criminal conviction.
"The robber didn't get anything, but the police got everything."
