23. REPAIR THE
LEGAL SYSTEM
It is time for a meaningful round of tort reform
and judicial selection reform. It only makes
sense that a jury verdict form should allow jurors
to assign liability across all parties where a tort
has occurred, including the plaintiff.
The Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC), currently consisting mostly of lawyer-legislators,
should include more citizens and JMSC screening should advance all qualified candidatess for a seat on the bench to give the legislature more choices.
READ OUR JUDICIAL REFORM REPORTS
McMaster: South Carolina ‘must have judicial reform’
May 13, 2024
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Palmetto Promise Policy Analyst Felicity Ropp is quoted in this article from the Center Square by T.A. Defoe. (The Center Square) — A legislative
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South Carolina House passes judicial reform measure
May 8, 2024
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Palmetto Promise Policy Analyst Felicity Ropp was quoted in this article by T.A. Defoe in the Center Square. (The Center Square) — The South Carolina
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Judicial Reform Lives, with House now Considering Senate Bill
April 29, 2024
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UPDATE: The SC House overwhelmingly passed S.1046, amended as outlined below. The Senate did not concur in those amendments, and the bill now heads to
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Our Top 10 Recommendations for 2024 Judicial Reform
March 19, 2024
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It is the spring of judicial reform in the South Carolina Statehouse. We have analyzed the major bills being considered by the House and the Senate, and, drawing on our previous judicial reform reports like 2021’s Judging the Judges, our team has compiled our top 10 priorities we think the General Assembly ought to include in any judicial reform bill that passes this spring.
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Judicial Reform on the Horizon: Comparing the House and Senate’s Proposals
March 19, 2024
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It is the spring of judicial reform in the South Carolina Statehouse. This legislative analysis compares and contrasts these two major bills, in light of Palmetto Promise’s previous positions on judicial reform, most notably our January 2021 Judging the Judges report.
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SC House Making Progress on Judicial Reform
February 1, 2024
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This week, the South Carolina House of Representatives took a substantial step toward judicial reform in the Palmetto State.
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