South Carolina Attorney General

Alan Wilson was elected South Carolina’s 51st Attorney General on November 2, 2010, re-elected to a second term on November 4, 2014, re-elected to a third term on November 6, 2018, and re-elected to a fourth term on November 8, 2022. Since being elected, Wilson has focused on keeping South Carolina’s families safe, defending their freedom, and protecting their futures.

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Aug 29, 2025

Attorney General Alan Wilson asks U.S. Supreme Court to protect South Carolina’s Bathroom Privacy Law

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Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the state has formally asked the United States Supreme Court to step in and block a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals injunction that forces a South Carolina school to abandon its longstanding bathroom privacy protections.

Aug 28, 2025

Attorney General Alan Wilson leads charge to SCOTUS against radical school-led child gender transitions

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Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a coalition of 21 states and Guam, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, a case that seeks to reaffirm parental rights over America’s public-school officials.

Aug 27, 2025

Attorney General Alan Wilson fights against judicial overreach on Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

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Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that South Carolina joined a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, pushing back against a federal judge’s order that shut down the construction of Florida’s illegal immigrant detention facility, better known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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