Playing "Mother, May I?" In Columbia

At issue is a simple question: Does the state’s top prosecutor, Wilson, have the right to initiate a State Grand Jury investigation of S.C. House members for possible criminal violations of state ethics laws? 

Or must the attorney general first refer such cases to the 10-member House Ethics Committee, where friends and colleagues of the lawmaker under investigation will make the decision about whether to let the attorney general begin a State Grand Jury investigation into potential criminal violations in an ethics case?

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/05/02/3422925/harrell-v-wilson-ethics-complaint.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy