MORNING HEADLINES | The State Law Enforcement Division says it is actively investigating the Saturday fire that destroyed the Edisto Island home of S.C. Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein.
Sen. Goodstein, a Charleston-area developer who served in the legislature in the 1970s, reportedly was one of three people hurt in the fire who were taken to MUSC for treatment. One was transported by helicopter from the Jeremy Cay neighborhood; two others were taken by ambulances, according to reports. The extent of injuries was not available this morning. Judge Goodstein, apparently was uninjured because she was reportedly walking dogs on the beach when the house caught fire, according to news reports.
Time magazine also reported that last month, Judge Goodstein “temporarily blocked the state’s election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice, a decision that was openly criticized by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon and later reversed by the state Supreme Court.”
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