Pinckney v. Peeler

Syllabus

Petitioners filed a complaint in this Court seeking a declaration that section 10-1-165 of the South Carolina Heritage Act of 2000 violates the South Carolina Constitution. We granted the petition to hear the case in our original jurisdiction. We find unconstitutional the procedural provision in subsection 10-1-165(B) purporting to restrict the General Assembly's legislative power by imposing a supermajority voting requirement to amend or repeal section 10-1-165. We find no constitutional violation in the substantive provisions in subsection 10-1-165(A) preventing the relocation, removal, renaming, or rededication of monuments, memorials, streets, bridges, parks, or other structures.