South Carolina H 5032: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF DEACON ELIJAH NELSON, SR., OF SUMTER AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

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2025-2026 Bill 5032 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 28, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5032

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND 
HONOR THE STUDENTS AND TEACHER COACHES FROM RIVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL WHO 
PARTICIPATED IN THE WE THE PEOPLE COMPETITION AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR 
WINNING THE 2025 SOUTH CAROLINA WE THE PEOPLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the members of the 
River Bluff High School We the People team swept their competitors at the state 
competition held on Thursday, December 11, 2025; and

Whereas, developed in 
1976 to improve the ability of teachers to provide students with law-related 
education, the We the People program is sponsored by the South Carolina Bar 
Association's Law Related Education Division; and

Whereas, the goal of 
the competition is to increase education of the Constitution for students in 
South Carolina and across the country. Students demonstrate their knowledge and 
understanding of constitutional principles and have opportunities to evaluate, 
take, and defend positions on relevant historical and contemporary issues. 
Volunteer attorneys throughout the State help to judge the day-long, simulated 
Congressional hearing in which students "testify" before a panel of judges; and

Whereas, the thirty-two 
students from River Bluff High School won the 2025 South Carolina We the People 
competition. The competition challenges students to demonstrate knowledge of 
United States history and American government, with a specific emphasis on the 
United States Constitution; and

Whereas, the students 
received six units, each of which contained three questions and focused on 
specific topics ranging from the philosophical foundations of the government to 
contemporary applications of the Constitution. The questions were divided among 
the team members, each of whom had an assigned unit for which to prepare 
answers to the questions beforehand. At the competition, the team members sat 
across from judges and gave their prepared answers and then answered questions 
from the judges; and

Whereas, the River 
Bluff team won best unit in all six units of the competition, beating one other 
team in the Palmetto State; and

Whereas, teacher coach 
Linsy Dooley and her two fellow teacher coaches, Meredith Mowles and Michael 
Burgess, are to be commended for giving River Bluff students the opportunity to 
learn the history of this great nation in the context of its most treasured 
document, the Constitution, and in the process, to learn collaboration, time 
management, personal responsibility, public speaking skills, and perhaps most 
importantly, civil discourse. They learn how to support an argument with 
evidence and how to disagree respectfully with others, two very important 
skills in society today; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives deeply appreciates the pride and recognition 
that the students in the River Bluff We the People team have brought to their 
school and to their community, and the members look forward to hearing of their 
continued accomplishments in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, recognize and honor the students and teacher coaches from 
River Bluff High School who participated in the We the People competition and 
congratulate them for winning the 2025 South Carolina We the People State 
Championship.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to teacher coaches Linsy Dooley, 
Meredith Mowles, and Michael Burgess. 

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