FILE - The exterior of the South Carolina Supreme Court building in Columbia, S.C. is shown Jan. 18, 2023. For the first time in nearly two decades, all the justices on South Carolina’s Supreme Court are going to be white. (AP Photo/James Pollard, file)
FILE - South Carolina State Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal, center, stands with retired Chief Justice Ernest Finney, left, after administering the oath of office to Justice Don Beatty, right, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, in Columbia, S.C. The South Carolina General Assembly is expected Wednesday to elect a new state Supreme Court justice who who turn the now all-male high court into an all-white court. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
Newly elected South Carolina Supreme Court justice Letitia Verdin, left, hugs state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, right, in the lobby of the capitol after her election on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Verdin's election means South Carolina traded its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
FILE - South Carolina state Sen. Tameika Isaac Devine, D-Columbia, asks questions during a debate over gun laws, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Columbia, S.C The South Carolina General Assembly is expected Wednesday to elect a new state Supreme Court justice who who turn the now all-male high court into an all-white court.. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)
FILE --Attorney I.S. Leevy Johnson, a former state legislature and the first black to lead the South Carolina Bar, is shown in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, leaving the Federal Courthouse in Columbia, S.C. The South Carolina General Assembly is expected Wednesday to elect a new state Supreme Court justice who who turn the now all-male high court into an all-white court.(AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)
Newly elected South Carolina Supreme Court justice Letitia Verdin talks in the balcony of the state House before her election on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Verdin's election means South Carolina traded its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Newly elected South Carolina Supreme Court justice Letitia Verdin talks in the balcony of the state House before her election on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Verdin's election means South Carolina traded its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Newly elected South Carolina Supreme Court justice Letitia Verdin talks in the balcony of the state House before her election on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Verdin's election means South Carolina traded its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Newly elected South Carolina Supreme Court justice Letitia Verdin, right, hugs outgoing Chief Justice Don Beatty, left, in the balcony of the state House before her election on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Verdin's election means South Carolina traded its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)