@ACLU_SC

Defending and advancing civil liberties in the Palmetto State since 1968.

Columbia, South Carolina
Joined August 2011
Protect your vote. Check your registration now and help spread the word. aclusc.org/removed
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The First Amendment still applies in Ridge Spring, whether Police Chief Terry Logan likes it or not. wrdw.com/2026/09/23/ridge-sp…
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We want *you* to be a non-partisan poll observer! Join one of the virtual training sessions from tonight through Oct. 29 and help ensure your community can vote securely, from early voting through Election Day. Register for training here: airtable.com/apptr1EuJqWilNp…
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Now accepting applications for two paid legal internships in summer 2027. Deadline is November 22. Learn more and hear from our most recent interns about their experience working with the ACLU-SC: aclusc.org/news/meet-our-202…
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Our legal director Allen Chaney weighs in:
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We're hiring for the new position of Operations Director. This person will maintain the day-to-day operations of our organization, including HR, risk management, and IT functions. Deadline is 10/30, but early applications are encouraged. aclusc.org/jobs/operations-d…
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We sent a questionnaire to every South Carolina House candidate with topics including reproductive rights, immigrants’ rights, voting rights, and more. You can find the candidates’ responses (and non-responses) at aclusc.org/2026candidatesurv… .
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Law students: We are now accepting applications for two paid legal interns to join us in summer 2027. Visit our Careers & Internships page to learn more about the Wilkinson Legal Internship and Southern Legal Internship Program (SLIP). aclusc.org/jobs/
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Read the research the feds don't want you to believe. We don't have to let the mass deportation machine keep destroying our economy. aclu.org/press-releases/new-…
The ACLU wants the country to believe that enforcing immigration law makes Americans poorer. That is a globalist lie dressed up as economics. A nation that will not control who enters its labor market, its housing stock, and its public treasury is not running an economy for its own people. Illegal immigration is a labor-supply shock aimed at the bottom. When millions of people come here illegally to compete —the workers who lose are the Americans with the least bargaining power. A smaller illegal population means a smaller workforce and fewer households. Calling that “job destruction for Americans” is like calling a smaller city a recession. Studies consistently show that illegal aliens are a net federal burden, with the net annual cost of illegal immigration around $151 billion after taxes paid.   This report waves construction crews around like a matador in a bullfight and ignores the American citizens bidding for apartments and homes. Extra households in a tight market raise rents. This country exists to raise the condition of its own people. An immigration system that suppresses pay at the bottom, loads local budgets, bids up rents, and then demands amnesty as “the affordability agenda” is not confused, it is on the other side.
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Monday's arguments had to do with procedural questions. As reported in Courthouse News Service, one of the circuit judges said, “You’re talking about the dispossessed and the disinherited. How do they get justice?” Read more here: courthousenews.com/fourth-ci…
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Our legal director: “Hundreds of South Carolina guardsmen spent the better part of this year in Washington, D.C., not repelling an invasion, putting down a riot or quelling a tumult but picking up trash, spreading mulch and patrolling subway platforms." scdailygazette.com/2026/09/1…
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Planning to vote in the General Election? Make sure your registration is active and up to date. Visit scvotes.gov and make sure your registration is up to date by October 2. If you have any problems registering, call the Election Protection Hotline at 866-687-8683
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Oral arguments begin at 10 am in our case challenging the governor's misuse of the National Guard under state law. Livestream available here: scetv.org/live/supreme-court…
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The governor's lawyer is claiming that our plaintiffs lack standing to file this case. He is raising the question of "public interest standing." Numerous organizations filed an amicus brief addressing this. aclusc.org/cases/scpif-v-mcm…
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Meanwhile, on the National Mall ... nitter.cf/IAmNickReynolds/status…
Replying to @IAmNickReynolds
Finally heard back from the National Guard this morning and there are about 30 guardsmen in Washington D.C. currently, all of whom are currently posted in and around the National Mall. Chaney argues that the below statutory conditions have not been met on the National Mall.
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ACLU of South Carolina retweeted
Arguments have begun about a half-hour after the scheduled start. "Hundreds of South Carolina guardsmen spent the better part of this year in Washington D.C. not repelling an invasion or putting down a riot, but picking up trash," the ACLU's Allen Chaney starts.
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The plaintiffs, Navy veteran James Weninger and the South Carolina Public Interest Foundation (SCPIF), are asking the State Supreme Court to stop the deployment and bring the troops home from this blatant act of political theater. More about the case here: aclusc.org/cases/scpif-v-mcm…
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