News & Commentary
Mar 04, 2015
Convention of States Not a Good Idea
March 4, 2015. Columbia. Free Times. Op-ed by Victoria Middleton, Executive Director.
Mar 01, 2015
Juvenile injustice: Locking up children
March 1, 2015. Charleston. Post & Courier. By Victoria Middleton, Executive Director of the ACLU of South Carolina. Wednesday’s Post and Courier story about the closing of a local prison (“State to close North Charleston prison in move to save money, boost security”) contains welcome news.
Feb 05, 2015
S.C. Republicans to colleges: Don't interfere with campus religious groups
February 5, 1015. The Greenville News. By Mary Troyan, Staff Writer. Republicans in South Carolina’s congressional delegation, worried about battles over religious freedom in other states, are warning colleges in the state not to interfere with campus religious groups.
Jan 08, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to review gay marriage case
January 8, 2015. Charleston. Post & Courier. By Jennifer Berry Hawes. The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss Friday whether to review a same-sex marriage case during its coming term - and finally create a precedent for the entire nation to follow.
Dec 23, 2014
Immigration reform makes sense for all
December 23, 2014. Island Packet, Hilton Heads. By Victoria Middleton. At a recent public event on immigration reform, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford made disappointing comments, suggesting that a guest worker program might provide legal redress for undocumented workers. The ACLU opposes merely expanding the existing guest worker program, which is riddled with civil liberties abuses. We call on our members of Congress to craft a broad path to citizenship that creates a level playing field for all eligible immigrants. Potential concerns with the "work-visa only" approach would be inadequate worker protections; the inability of guest workers to come with their family members; and the lack of promise of an eventual path to citizenship.
Dec 18, 2014
Electronic surveillance capacity of state, local government creates strange bedfellows
BY Todd Rutherford, Garry Smith and Victoria Middleton*
Dec 08, 2014
Count police cameras' costs
December 8, 2014. Charleston, SC. Post & Courier. Editorial. Outfitting police officers with body cameras could resolve many disputes about their actions. That sounds particularly inviting considering the continuing, divisive debate about the details of Ferguson (Mo.) Police Officer Darren Wilson's fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.
Dec 02, 2014
Charleston-area authorities welcome body cameras for police officers, but worry about costs
December 2, 2014. Charleston, SC. By Andrew Knapp. President Barack Obama's push Monday to outfit more of the nation's police officers with video cameras in the wake of the disputed shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown came as no surprise to Charleston-area law enforcement officials, but some of the authorities doubted whether the move would make the technology any closer to reality.
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