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Mar 8, 2021

Proposed Legislation Would Grant Unprecedented Legal Immunity for Religious Groups

These radical religious exemptions would be dangerous and blatantly unconstitutional. No criminal liability. No civil liability. A complete exemption from complying with any law whenever a religious...
These radical religious exemptions would be dangerous and blatantly unconstitutional. No criminal liability. No civil liability. A complete exemption from complying with any law whenever a religious...
Legislative Session 2021
Legislative Session 2021
Mar 3, 2021

ACLU of South Carolina Condemns Senate Decision to Resurrect the Electric Chair as South Carolina’s Default Method of Execution

South Carolina’s death penalty is racist, arbitrary, and error-prone. Today our state Senate ignored these realities and moved South Carolina one step closer to resurrecting the electric chair as the state...
South Carolina’s death penalty is racist, arbitrary, and error-prone. Today our state Senate ignored these realities and moved South Carolina one step closer to resurrecting the electric chair as the state...
Legislative Session 2021
Legislative Session 2021
Mar 1, 2021

Testimony of Chase Strangio in Opposition to H. 3477 (Anti-Trans Youth Legislation)

Such an extreme policy violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts South Carolina at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, and harms transgender...
Such an extreme policy violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts South Carolina at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, and harms transgender...
trans rights
trans rights
Feb 24, 2021

The Death Penalty System is Broken Beyond Repair

Abolition is the Fix
Abolition is the Fix
Legislative Session 2021
Legislative Session 2021
Feb 23, 2021

Charleston Police Department Fails to Hold Itself Accountable

It has been nearly nine months since the Charleston Police Department and other law enforcement agencies brutalized people protesting police brutality on May 31. At a minimum, this report should have...
It has been nearly nine months since the Charleston Police Department and other law enforcement agencies brutalized people protesting police brutality on May 31. At a minimum, this report should have...
Feb 18, 2021

ACLU of South Carolina Statement on Legislation Intended to Ban on Abortion in South Carolina

Today our legislature and Governor placed politics in front of the health, safety, and privacy of South Carolinians. Shame on them.
Today our legislature and Governor placed politics in front of the health, safety, and privacy of South Carolinians. Shame on them.
abortion
abortion