Senator Ronnie Cromer

New law will prohibit state employed law firms from suing state

Columbia, SC – October 12, 2010 - Senator Ronnie Cromer (R-Newberry) announced plans today to introduce legislation in the 2011 session of the General Assembly enacting sweeping state government legal reforms, specifically a prohibition on lawyers and law firms employed or contracted by the state from engaging in lawsuits against the state and state agencies.

Recently its was revealed that law firms employed to defend and represent the state of South Carolina and its agencies have engaged in the practice of bringing lawsuits against the State at the same time.

“It’s really just common sense,’ said Cromer. “As a small businessman, if I hire a firm to perform legal work only to later discover that same firm has sued my business, I’m going to fire that firm.”

“As we strive to make state government more accountable and transparent for the taxpayers, this is the first of many reforms needed to make government run and operate like a business.”

By Ron Barnett

STAFF WRITER 

The state Senate Republican Caucus passed a resolution today asking President Obama to reverse his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and expressing opposition to using the Charleston Naval Base as an alternate holding place for suspected terrorists now at Guantanamo, according to a news release.

“Closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay is the wrong move for our country,” said Sen. Ronnie Cromer, R-Newberry. “It is better to have enemy combatants housed outside of the continental United States.”

South Carolina’s U.S. senators also have said they oppose moving the Guantanamo detainees to the Naval Brig in Charleston, saying it could become a target for terrorists who would try to launch an escape attempt. A decision on where those suspects will be moved hasn’t been made.

“We have been very blessed over the last seven years, in that we have not had another terrorist attack in our country, but moving current detainees into the United States is just inviting trouble,” Cromer said. “And, I am certainly opposed to using the Charleston Naval Base as an alternative location. “I hope Washington will hear this message. We must proceed with extreme caution, when it comes to this matter of national security.”

“The Greenville News”

The S.C. Senate Republican Caucus filed a resolution today calling on President Barack Obama to reverse his decision to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay and possibly relocate the terror suspects that have been held there to American soil. The resolution, S.305, also says South Carolina opposes using the Charleston Naval Base as an alternative location for holding detainees.

“Closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay is the wrong move for our country, it is better to have enemy combatants housed outside of the continental United States,” said Sen. Ronnie Cromer, R-Newberry, in a statement. “We have been very blessed over the last seven years, in that we have not had another terrorist attack in our country, but moving current detainees into the United States is just inviting trouble. And, I am certainly opposed to using the Charleston Naval Base as an alternative location. I hope Washington will hear this message. We must proceed with extreme caution, when it comes to this matter of national security.”

S.C. Republican lawmakers are asking President Obama to reverse his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Members of the state Senate Republican Caucus also said in a resolution introduced Tuesday that they don’t want any detainees currently at Guantanamo sent to the brig at the Charleston Naval Base.

The brig has been mentioned as a possible location for detainees once the Guantanamo facility is closed. Newberry Senator Ronnie Cromer says it’s safer to hold suspected enemy combatants outside the United States. In his first week in office, Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay prison to be closed within a year.

Ali al-Marri is currently being held at the Charleston brig. The Qatar native is the only terrorism suspect held on U.S. soil.

S.C. Republican lawmakers are asking President Obama to reverse his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Members of the state Senate Republican Caucus also said in a resolution introduced Tuesday that they don’t want any detainees currently at Guantanamo sent to the brig at the Charleston Naval Base.

The brig has been mentioned as a possible location for detainees once the Guantanamo facility is closed.

Newberry Senator Ronnie Cromer says it’s safer to hold suspected enemy combatants outside the United States.

In his first week in office, Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay prison to be closed within a year.

Ali al-Marri is currently being held at the Charleston brig. The Qatar native is the only terrorism suspect held on U.S. soil.

“The Carolina News”

(AP) — CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republican lawmakers are asking President Obama to reverse his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Members of the state Senate Republican Caucus also said in a resolution introduced Tuesday they don’t want any detainees currently at Guantanamo sent to the brig at the Charleston Naval Base.

The brig has been mentioned as a possible location for detainees once the Guantanamo facility is closed.

Newberry Senator Ronnie Cromer says it’s safer to hold suspected enemy combatants outside the United States.

In his first week in office, Obama ordered the Guantanamo Bay prison to be closed within a year.

Ali al-Marri is currently being held at the Charleston brig. The Qatar native is the only accused enemy combatant currently held on U.S. soil.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Senator Cromer statement: 

“Closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay is the wrong move for our country, it is better to have enemy combatants housed outside of the continental United States,” says Senator Cromer. “We have been very blessed over the last seven years, in that we have not had another terrorist attack in our country, but moving current detainees into the United States is just inviting trouble. And, I am certainly opposed to using the Charleston Naval Base as an alternative location. I hope Washington will hear this message. We must proceed with extreme caution, when it comes to this matter of national security.”