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.
Sofia Cano is a transgender woman who has been denied hormone therapy and other reasonable accommodations while in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). Corrections officials...
In 2020 following the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, Brittany Martin took to the streets of Sumter, South Carolina, in protest. Over the course of five days, she joined...
Under the care of the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), South Carolina children live in overcrowded and understaffed facilities, under threat of rampant uncontrolled violence from staff and one...
The ACLU, the ACLU of South Carolina, and the NAACP filed a lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina NAACP challenging the South Carolina Court Administration’s categorical ban on automated data collection,...
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...