South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall lost her job briefly on May 18, when the state Supreme Court invalidated Gov. Nikki Haley’s (R) power to appoint her.
Hall, a longtime SCDOT employee who twice served as interim transportation secretary, was permanently named to the post in November and confirmed by the state Legislature in January. A 2015 budget provision had temporarily extended Haley’s authority under an earlier agency-restructuring law.