The South Carolina legislature is bicameral, consisting of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and the upper South Carolina Senate. There are a total of 170 members. The majority of the make-up of the legislature is of the Republican party.
Because the South Carolina Legislature declared it to be.
Because the state legislature said so.
The Republican Party currently holds a majority of seats in both houses of the South Carolina state legislature.
No. A marriage equality bill has never been introduced in the South Carolina legislature.
Not without the consent of the Carolina State Legislature....
No. A civil union bill has never been introduced in the South Carolina legislature.
No. A domestic partnership bill has never been introduced in the South Carolina legislature.
Antebellum South Carolina had a policy of sending electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature.
The phrase "a gang of thieves" was famously used by former South Carolina Governor Benjamin Tillman. He made this remark in 1890, criticizing the state legislature for what he viewed as corruption and mismanagement. Tillman's statement reflected the intense political conflicts and racial tensions of that era in South Carolina.
South Carolina State is located in the state of South Carolina.
No. The South Carolina state legislature has never passed a bill that would legalize civil unions and, as a result, no governor of South Carolina has ever had the opportunity to sign or veto such a bill.
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