Education
Another SC Court Loss for ESAs
Is it FIVE losses now?
As you know, the corruption we have witnessed in SC school choice is why we personally got into this political mess … and we keep asking why do these supposedly conservative “Republicans” keep pushing for 100% government control over the purse strings of our private Christian Schools? As we teach …. #FollowTheMoney!
Another ESA Court Loss
Well, technically they had already lost the case on February 10th, 2022 … but the SC Catholic Diocese appealed the matter … and on Thursday the Federal 4th District Court of Appeals ORDERED that the case be dismissed.
The case is Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, or more commonly known as the Blaine Amendment case.
ESA = Education Savings Account, a relatively new and experimental 100% government-run & government funded private school choice option.
QUESTION?: Was the “hope” by legislators that this case may be reversed … and ESAs / 100% government run school choice would be legal in South Carolina “why” they have been sitting on the sidelines avoiding PASSAGE of S 285 … the PACE / ACE Scholarship Bill.
QUESTION?: Does this mean that the recently signed into law (May 5, 2023) Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program (SC’s bastardized version of a 100% government run ESA) will be found unconstitutional as well?
QUESTION?: Have anti-school choice folks been waiting on a ruling in this appeal before filing their legal case against the new Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program law?
Read the language of the SC State Constitution … it is not that complicated.
Stay tuned for more on this subject … but this is another in a series (what, 5 losses now?) in SC Courts & Federal Courts DIRECTLY ON POINT as to the unconstitutionality of 100% government run school choice in South Carolina.
Our opinion … when we have a constitutional and 25+ year proven alternative (S 285, the PACE/ACE Scholarship Bill) and these elected officials keep pushing for an experimental 100% government-run option … it is not about the kids … it is all about their monied special interest backers.
You can read more with our recent report on (not so) Exceptional SC fundraising failures HERE (or click the picture below). South Carolina has the Nation’s only 100% government-run tax credit scholarship program … which of course, like too many educational initiatives in SC, is the worst rated school choice program in the Nation. Aren’t we tired of being last!?!?!
FIRST STEPS???
FLASHBACK A FEW WEEKS: And if you think 100% government control being pushed by our conservate SC State Legislators and “Republican” leadership is unusual … see our June 20th article about the First Steps “Accountability” bill that was passed just last month.
This one did not hit people’s radar until after it was signed into law … but all the legislators supported it … and the changes are scary.
We have asked a few legislators “why?” … so stay tuned as we will have more on this soon too.
mySCGOP.news, June 20, 2023: Here are a couple of “red flags” that got us to take a look at H 4023, the First Steps Fiscal Accountability Bill signed into law on June 19th by Governor McMaster … and boy were we shocked with what we found!!! [CONTINUE READING]
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Coffee & Politics – June 20th, 2025 – YouTube (HERE) & RUMBLE (HERE)
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Education
Pickens – Setting the Record Straight – A VIDEO RESPONSE
Bob Fetterly – PCRP Chair 2023-2025
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We all know about the Drew McKissick shenanigans at the SCGOP State Convention back on May 3rd, 2025 with the “sneak attack” on the Pickens County Republican Party (PCRP) and the ultimate failure to seat the 24 (anti-DREW) PCRP State Delegates on fabricated charges. (mySCGOP.news, May 8th, 2025 – The Latest SCGOP Fabrication – HERE)
It really is dumbfounding … but in reality just another example in a long line of examples since the MAGA America First insurgency began in ReOrg 2021 with the outright fraud in Greenville (HERE & HERE).
Well, it is ongoing with the SCGOP … as they say, the gift that keeps giving insofar as exposing the hypocrisy and outright corruption withing the SCGOP State Leadership & State Executive Committee itself.
Specifically – the SCGOP State Executive Committee voted ( 32 to 18 ) at its quarterly meeting on June 7th, 2025, that the Pickens County Republican Party would be “suspended” until the next quarterly meeting in September. The PCRP elected leadership can no longer use the PCRP name, website, email system, bank account … even with important elections coming up in November … and the PCRP can’t meet … but somehow (even though they can’t meet?) they are supposed to come up with a “plan” to present to the SCGOP State Executive Committee in September on how to fix the fabricated problem.
Basically Pickens was “unorganized” on June 7th (without notice) – even though the SCGOP State Executive Committee did not have the 75% of the votes needed to unorganize PCRP under the “new” Rule 16(b) which was ramrodded through in a special called SCGOP convention in July 30th, 2022.
The good news is the former PCRP Chair, Bob Fetterly (who did not run, nor had he planned to run, for re-election in 2025) has published a video response to the SCGOP charges that he arbitrarily capped the number of county delegates to 400 – a bizarre charge by the SCGOP. Bob did a great job laying out the details … and it now appears that “if” there were any “Rules Violations” … it was really the SCGOP itself that violated it’s own Rules.
Take a look … we think you will enjoy the video response and details:
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This is obviously going to be an ongoing story … so stay tuned!!!
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Coffee & Politics – June 13th, 2025 – YouTube (HERE) & RUMBLE (HERE)
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What is the #1 enemy of a political campaign? TIME!!!
The clock is ticking friends. Exactly 365 days from today will be the 2026 Republican & Democrat Primaries here in South Carolina. That is not a lot of time.
It is even less time with EARLY VOTING beginning on Tuesday MAY 25th, 2026 – FRIDAY June 5th, 2026.
ARE YOU READY???
Are you doing what YOU need to do to (1) run for office … or (2) help a CANDIDATE run for office???
The clock is ticking … #FOCUS!!!
PRIMARY: June 9th, 2026
EARLY VOTING: May 25th – June 5th, 2026
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Coffee & Politics – June 6th, 2025 – YouTube (HERE) & RUMBLE (HERE)
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