Editorial: South Carolina disorderly conduct law is worse than unconstitutional. It's bad policy.

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    Editorial: SC disorderly conduct law is worse than unconstitutional. It's bad policy.

    We’re disappointed that a federal appeals court prohibited police from using South Carolina’s “disorderly conduct” law to arrest students. We’re not disappointed because the court was wrong or because we believe the law was being used appropriately. We're disappointed because S.C. legislators have known about the problems with this law at least since 2021 yet failed to replace it with one that would give police the tools they need to keep schools safe. The disorderly conduct law long has been used to send kids to jail for sassing teachers and engaging in other behaviors that need to be punished but ...


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