LJC In The News
Bride-to-Be Sues DC Mayor Over Dancing Ban
(Fox & Friends)—In Appleby v. Bowser, Liberty Justice Center is representing a bride-to-be in a lawsuit challenging an order by the District of Columbia mayor that bans dancing at weddings but allows dancing in other venues, such as exotic establishments and Zumba classes. Liberty Justice Center Senior Attorney Daniel Suhr...
Burying the Bigotry of South Carolina’s Blaine Amendment
(The Hill)—A recently filed lawsuit could make South Carolina the second state in the nation to be forced to stop using vestiges of 19th century bigotry, in the form of the Blaine Amendments, to block 21st century education reform. When Congress passed the CARES Act last March, it included emergency...
Berkeley County School District Allowing Kids to Attend In-Person Classes After Mother Files Lawsuit –
(Live 5 WCSC)—Lawyers for a Lowcountry mother say the Berkeley County School District is now allowing their client’s kids to attend in-person classes after she had filed a lawsuit against the district who originally were not giving her kids that option. Lawyers for Brigette Herbst said hours after they had...
Berkeley County Woman Sues School District Over Return to In-Person Classes
(ABC News 4)—A Berkeley County woman is suing the school district she says because BCSD leadership refuses to offer in-person classroom instruction five days per week, despite the state legislature’s order requiring such. Brigette Herbst says her children are stuck with virtual learning. “After over a year of virtual learning,...
Berkeley County Schools Allow Students to Go In-Person After Their Mother Files Lawsuit
(The Post and Courier)—Berkeley County School District has allowed a woman’s two children to return to school in person after she filed a lawsuit claiming the district was forcing them to be stuck in virtual learning. Brigette Herbst filed a complaint against the school district and Superintendent Eddie Ingram on...
Judge Asked to Toss South Carolina Private School Money Ban
(US News & World Report)—Private schools and colleges asked a federal judge Monday to strike down the provision in South Carolina‘s constitution that bars public money for private and religious schools, saying the 1895 measure is discriminatory. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston and South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities...
Attorneys Request Injunction on Some CARES Act Funds as Private Schools Lawsuit Continues
(Greenville News)—Attorneys representing two private schools groups have asked a federal judge to temporarily prevent South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster from spending his discretionary coronavirus aid money while a lawsuit attempts to repeal a section of the state’s Constitution. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Charleston on...
SC Private Schools Urge Judge to Help Move State From ‘Mistakes of Its Past’
(The Post and Courier)—Private schools suing the state for access to millions of dollars in public funds urged a federal judge to help South Carolina move beyond the “mistakes of its past” by forcing the distribution of the money to dozens of independent schools. U.S. District Judge Bruce Hendricks heard...
Lawsuit Fighting SC Ban on Private School Funding Supported by Christian Schools Group
(The Post and Courier Greenville)—A group of Christian schools in South Carolina submitted a friend of the court brief in support of a recent federal lawsuit that calls for a revision of the state’s constitutional ban on public funds for private schools. The S.C. Association of Christian Schools on April...
SACS Files Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit to Strike Discriminatory Language
(ABC 4 News)—On Monday, the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in Bishop of Charleston v. Adams. SCACS represents 69 member schools which serve over 9,000 students across South Carolina. In its brief, SCACS underlined the present-day impact of this long-standing...
Liberty Justice Center Discusses #1AWarrior on Glenn Beck
(Glenn Beck)—Senior LJC Attorney appeared on Glenn Beck April 26, 2021, to discuss how Americans can help in the fight against cancel culture by joining the #1AWarrior challenge.
...A Public Funding Ban for Private Colleges ‘Born in Bigotry’?
(Inside Higher Ed)—A lawsuit filed in federal district court argues that a provision of the South Carolina state constitution that bars public funds from being used for the “direct benefit” of religious or other private educational institutions should be struck down because it was born out of racist and anti-Catholic...
Catholic Church Sues SC to End Rule Blocking Public Funds for Religious Schools
(Fox 24 Charleston)—In Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, the Liberty Justice Center seeks to prevent South Carolina officials from using a long-standing discriminatory law to deny independent and religious schools access to federal COVID relief funds. FOX 24 News covers the federal lawsuit filed by religious schools and independent colleges...
South Carolina Religious Schools File Lawsuit
(WBTW News13)—In Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, the Liberty Justice Center seeks to prevent South Carolina officials from using a long-standing discriminatory law to deny independent and religious schools access to federal COVID relief funds. WBTW News13 covers Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, the federal lawsuit Liberty Justice Center filed...
Catholic Church, Private Schools Sue to Change SC Constitution Over COVID Relief Funds
(The State)—Resuscitating the legal battle over whether coronavirus relief money can be spent on South Carolina’s private schools, a new federal lawsuit calls for removing the very amendment in the state constitution that bars South Carolina from using public funds for the direct benefit of private and religious schools. Announced...