H 5106 Joint Resolution, By Magnuson, Burns, Long, Elliott, Caskey, Hamilton, G.R. Smith, Chumley, Mace, Putnam and Thayer
Similar (S 0370, S 0386)
Summary: Judicial Merit Screening Commission
    A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JUDGES ON THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RATHER THAN BEING ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO REPEAL PROVISIONS REQUIRING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ESTABLISH A JUDICIAL MERIT SCREENING COMMISSION.
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03/08/18	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 117)
03/08/18	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 117)