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 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.
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles and State Election Commission unlawfully denied voter registration opportunities to South Carolinians who will have reached the legal voting...
Every 10 years, South Carolina state lawmakers are tasked with redrawing the lines for congressional districts based on census data. Following the 2020 Census, lawmakers violated the South Carolina...
US District Court ruled in January 2023 that South Carolina’s first congressional district is racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn.
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...
