Columbia, SC FOR 15 YEARS, South Carolina has lived with an uneasy compromise, after lawmakers removed the Confederate flag from its wholly inappropriate position of sovereignty atop the State ...

South Carolina was the last state in the country ... or 9/11 -- when it wasn’t flying at full-staff. "It’s not a flag of sovereignty, it’s a veterans’ battle flag.

RELATED: South Carolina's Confederate flag not lowered to half-staff after ... And where the right to hold slaves and the right to state sovereignty were in conflict, the Confederacy came down ...

The reality, however, is the Heritage Act brought the Confederate flag down from atop the seat of South Carolina sovereignty," Associate Justice John Cannon Few wrote in the ruling. The justices ...

South Carolina’s Code of Laws allows the governor ... or 9/11 -- when it wasn’t flying at full-staff. "It’s not a flag of sovereignty, it’s a veterans’ battle flag.

The South Carolina Heritage Act of 2000 stipulated that the Confederate flag would be removed from ... its family and sovereignty, its thumb in the eye of Northern culture and, for some, its ...

Since the Charleston church shooting, pressure has mounted on South Carolina to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag on the grounds of its State Capitol in Columbia, S.C. On Monday, Gov.

Vince Sheheen for South Carolina governor. Sheheen held a news conference calling for the flag's removal in a state ... no place having any appearance of sovereignty." ...

After hours of emotional debate that ended early Thursday morning, members of the South Carolina ... sovereignty of the states or the rule of the federal government.” Mr. Pitts voted against the ...

The American, state and University of South Carolina flags fly above the State House on April 7, 2024. Joshua Boucher jboucher@thestate.com State flags are in the spotlight. South Carolina should ...

South Carolina's Code of Laws allows the governor ... Day or 9/11 — when it wasn't flying at full staff. "It's not a flag of sovereignty, it's a veterans' battle flag. … Should that flag ...

The reality, however, is the Heritage Act brought the Confederate flag down from atop the seat of South Carolina sovereignty,” Associate Justice John Cannon Few wrote in the ruling. The justices ...