The South Carolina Supreme Court is set for an all-male bench for the first time in 35 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — — No woman is expected to serve on the South Carolina Supreme Court for the first time in 35 years.
“I am honored and humbled by the tremendous support of the legislature,” Hill said. “If elected, I will continue to serve the citizens of South Carolina with an unwavering commitment to the rule of law, as I have for nearly 20 years.” Under the current process, lawmakers consider a pool of up to three candidates for the high court who have been deemed qualified by a Judicial Merit Selection Commission comprised of four members of the public and six legislators. Candidates must then get a majority of the votes cast in a joint session of the state Legislature.
But Caskey said the recent Supreme Court ruling has definitely changed the approach taken by his colleagues in the General Assembly, who he expects to increasingly consider judicial philosophy when they vote on judges. Hearn, who left a vacancy after reaching the court's retirement age of 72, was only the second female justice in the court's history. She followed Jean Toal, who became the state's first female justice in 1988. When Toal was sworn in as chief justice in 2000, she invited her two daughters and 100 other women who said Toal inspired them.
Those rising numbers contrast with what is set to become an all-male bench after Hill's widely expected selection next month. According to a May 2022 report by the Brennan Center for Justice, men hold 59 percent of state Supreme Court seats across the country. South Carolina's bench had been one of nine high courts with just one woman prior to Hearn's vacancy, according to the report.
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