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 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 voters to correct minor concerns on their ballot envelopes is unconstitutional and must be c
On April 22, 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a federal lawsuit over South Carolina
On April 21, 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina and international law firm Arnold & Porter filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s failure to protect incarcerated people from risks associated with
In the latest front in the nationwide fight against the criminalization of poverty, on October 31, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, Southern Poverty Law Center, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center filed a fede
In 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of South Carolina, and Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough filed a class-action lawsuit challenging South Carolina municipal courts’ unconstitutional practices of denying lawyers to people who are sentenced to incarceration and can’t afford
On June 29, 2017, 10 states sent a letter to the US Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting the phase-out of the DACA program by September 5. We're requesting communication documents of the South Carolina Attorney General's office that lead up to that decision.