Press Releases

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.

ACLU of South Carolina Strongly Opposes Legislation Attacking South Carolinians’ Constitutional Rights

We are fighting against legislation would strip away rights guaranteed under the South Carolina and U.S. Constitutions, and legalize discrimination against selected groups of South Carolinians.

ACLU of South Carolina, ACLU, and NAACP Represent SC NAACP in Lawsuit Challenging South Carolina Court System Ban on Automated Collection of Public Court Records

We filed a lawsuit challenging the South Carolina Court Administration’s categorical ban on automated data collection – known as “scraping” – on the Public Index, arguing the ban is an unreasonable restriction on SC NAACP’s right to access and record public court records under the First Amendment.