We litigate when doing so is the most effective way to advance a civil liberties concern. We file lawsuits that will have an impact on people’s rights by setting a legal precedent or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. We provide direct legal representation to individuals and file amicus (friend-of-the-court) briefs addressing civil liberties issues in cases initiated by others. Our legal work is pro bono: we never charge for our services.
On September 26, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the School District of Pickens County voted to remove Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You from every classroom, library, and media center in the...
US District Court ruled in January 2023 that South Carolina’s first congressional district is racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn.
In the Fall of 2021, the City of North Myrtle Beach considered amending its noise ordinance to prohibit “profane, vulgar, and obscene music” played at a volume greater than 30 decibels—which is roughly...
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agency’s religious criteria which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical...
ACLU-SC Sues to Strike Down Law Requiring Gay Men to Register as Sex Offenders for Consensual Intimate Acts
On October 2, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the ACLU of South Carolina, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s failure to allow absentee...