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 Corrections enforces a total ban on news media interviews with incarcerated people. We are suing to challenge that policy, seeking emergency relief to allow the ACLU of...
Paul Osmundson, a local news editor for The State newspaper in Columbia, submitted a request in May 2021 for public records from School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties. Two months...
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.
