{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-3-80","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 14-3-80","heading":"Presiding officer.","body":"The Chief Justice shall preside. In the absence of the Chief Justice, the justice oldest in service and present shall preside.","path":["Title 14 - COURTS","CHAPTER 3 Supreme Court","ARTICLE 1 Composition, Organization, and Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t14c003.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:39:14Z","sha256":"c8d973b75b6d00dcbf11f882cb1199946196b77dd2c6971043d08abc1e07b103","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-3-70","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-3-90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}