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· 6/8/2006

South Carolina Public Interest Foundation v. Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Citations

  • 632 S.E.2d 277
  • 369 S.C. 139
  • 2006 S.C. LEXIS 205

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  • observing that adjudication of nonjusticiable political questions would place a court in conflict with a coequal branch of government, and thus, a court will not rule upon questions which are political in nature rather than judicial
  • observing that adjudication of nonjusticiable political questions would place a court in conflict with a coequal branch of government, and thus, a court will not rule upon questions which are political in nature rather than judicial
  • explaining that this Court will not answer political questions
  • \The nonjusticiability of a political question is primarily a function of the separation of powers.\

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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett, Young

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