(August 18, 2021, 12:35 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina’s universal mask mandate is not barred by state law, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled Aug. 17 in a per curiam opinion reached without oral argument that disposed of a university professor’s lawsuit, filed after the state’s attorney general stated that the mandate violated Proviso 117.190 of the 2021-2022 Appropriations Act....