Press Releases

Federal Court Rules South Carolina's Congressional Map Is Gerrymandered

A federal court today ordered South Carolina to redraw its 2021 enacted congressional map, ruling that a district anchored in Charleston County is a racial gerrymander.

After More Than Five Years of Litigation, Lexington County Agrees to Dramatically Increase Funding for Indigent Defense

After years of recalcitrance, the Lexington County Council voted to approve a settlement agreement that will dramatically improve the quality and availability of public defense services.

Advocates Launch “Freedom to Read SC” Coalition to Fight Book Bans Across South Carolina

Advocates and community leaders today launched “Freedom to Read SC,” a statewide coalition that will work to defeat unconstitutional efforts to ban books from school and public libraries.

ACLU of South Carolina Files Federal Lawsuit Against North Myrtle Beach For Violating Free Speech And Expression With Noise Ordinance

The lawsuit alleges that the City’s noise ordinance is an unconstitutional violation of free speech, criminalizes vast swaths of protected speech, and is so vague that it promotes discriminatory enforcement.

ACLU of South Carolina Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Today’s Supreme Court final ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade (Roe) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, amounts to an assault on the rights of women, effectively relegating them to second-class status.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

South Carolina Speaker of the House Agrees To New Redistricting Maps Following Civil Rights Legal Challenge

There's agreement to introduce and encourage enactment of a bill that would adjust South Carolina state House district lines for Black voters, lawsuit against the House reapportionment plan could continue

Children in Custody at South Carolina Juvenile Justice Centers Held in Nightmarish Conditions, New Lawsuit Alleges

A lawsuit filed April 26, 2022 alleges horrific living conditions for the more than 250 children detained by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice.
Issue Areas: Juvenile Justice

ACLU of South Carolina Wins Settlement Over Individuals Wrongly Placed on State’s Sex Offender Registry

Attorney General, SLED agree to remove individuals unjustly published as sex offenders since 2003.