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The South Carolina Supreme Court heard the arguments of Attorney General Alan Wilson and lawyers for House Speaker Bobby Harrell last Tuesday.

Harrell is attempting to block a grand jury from hearing ethics charges against him filed by the South Carolina Policy Council and other public interest organizations. The court itself is in an ethical and conflict of interest situation because Harrell as speaker of the house has been instrumental in appointing each of the justices to the bench.

Harrell appoints several members of the board that screens candidates to be appointed judges. He has been accused of appointing his brother to sit on the Judicial Screening Board.

House members reported that Harrell was acting as campaign manager, lobbying for votes for the reappointment of Chief Justice Jean Toal earlier this year.

A large number of citizens, many from the Upstate, crowded into the courtroom with an overflow crows packed in the lobby.

The South Carolina Policy Council is a non-profit organization currently committed to rooting out corruption in South Carolina Government.

 

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