LJC In The News
(Liberty Justice Center)—“Blaine Amendments” remain in state constitutions, even after SCOTUS ruled against them In South Carolina and across the nation, provisions called “Blaine Amendments” were put in place to discriminate against a wave of Catholic immigrants in the mid-1800s and against Protestant missionaries who traveled to the South to...
(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...
(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...
(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.
...(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(Greenville News)—A group of private school organizations are filing a federal lawsuit challenging a portion of South Carolina’s state Constitution that says public funds cannot be used directly for private or religious entities. The Liberty Justice Center announced the lawsuit on Wednesday, which opposes a section in Article XI of...
(FOX Carolina)—A coalition of religious schools and independent colleges have filed a federal lawsuit calling for the courts to strike the “Blaine Amendment” from South Carolina’s state constitution. The lawsuit claims the amendment discriminates against African Americans and religious groups by “unfairly withholding education funding for independent schools in the...
(Associated Press)—A group of private schools is suing South Carolina, saying the racist past of a state constitutional amendment prohibiting spending public money on religious or private schools means it should be overturned. The Liberty Justice Center filed its lawsuit Wednesday in federal court on behalf of the Roman Catholic...
(NBC 2 Charleston)—A federal lawsuit has been filed to remove what religious schools and independent colleges say is a racist and bigoted amendment from the state’s constitution. A special coalition – formed of these establishments – held a press conference in Greenville on Wednesday where they wanted the post-Civil War...
(The Center Square)—A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a group of religious schools and independent colleges in South Carolina takes aim at the state constitution’s Blaine Amendment. South Carolina’s Blaine Amendment says no public money can be used for the direct benefit of any religious or private school. Thirty-seven...
(Live 5 News WCSC 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. Live 5 Charleston reports on the federal lawsuit, Bishop of Charleston v....
(Fox Carolina)—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 Carolina reports on Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, a federal lawsuit calling for the...