Talk about inappropriate
“9. Do you believe in the “Supreme Being” (SC Constitution, Article VI, Section 2)? What is the nature of this being? What is your personal relationship to this being? What relevance does this being have on the position of judge? Please be specific. 10. Will you make prayer and religious displays (such as the Ten Commandments) a part of your court? Please explain why or why not.”
— Two questions by S.C. Rep. Jonathon Hill, R-Anderson, in a survey to candidates seeking to become state judges. More.
Finally, some justice
“There is only one reason these men were arrested… and that is because they were black,” Brackett said. “It was wrong then, it’s wrong today.”
— 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett, apologizing to the Friendship 9 during a court hearing this week when convictions on misdemeanor trespassing charges from a civil rights protest were vacated. More.
We Can Do Better, South Carolina!