Constitutional Law

Lowering the Bar

In a speech last week, South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal defended the court's decision to throw out results of a section the bar exam, allowing 20 additional people to pass.

The controversy arose after the Jim Harrison, chairman of the state's judiciary committee, and Circuit Judge Paul Burch contacted the court after their daughters flunked the exam, although they deny any intent to obtain special treatment. The Court did uncover one examinee that was incorrectly certified as having passed the test. To avoid a potential lawsuit, the Court threw out the section, thereby allowing the daughters, and 18 others, to pass.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on February 03, 2008 (boomark / email).