LJC In The News
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...
Federal lawsuit Challenges Portion of SC Constitution That Bars Private Schools From Public Money
(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...
Groups File Federal Lawsuit Asking That Amendment ‘Born in Bigotry and Prejudice’ Be Stricken From SC Constitution
(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...
South Carolina Sued by Private Schools Who Want Public Money
(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...
Lawsuit Filed to Remove Post-Civil War Amendment From SC’s Constitution
(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...
Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Blaine Amendment From South Carolina Constitution
(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...