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You are here: Home / SCICU News Releases / SCICU joins federal lawsuit challenging ‘Blaine Amendment’ language in South Carolina Constitution

SCICU joins federal lawsuit challenging ‘Blaine Amendment’ language in South Carolina Constitution

April 14, 2021 by SC Independent Colleges & Universities

COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU on April 14 joined the federal lawsuit, Bishop of Charleston, a Corporation Sole, dba Diocese of Charleston v. Adams, to strike down post-Civil War “Blaine Amendment” language from the South Carolina Constitution.

The suit was filed by attorneys at the Liberty Justice Center, a nonprofit, public-interest litigation center that fights to protect school choice and fundamental constitutional rights.

Please click here to read the official Liberty Justice Center news release.

Case filings are available at https://libertyjusticecenter.org/media/sc-school-discrimination.

Kristen Williamson at Liberty Justice Center is the media contact for this lawsuit. Ms. Williamson may be reached media@libertyjusticecenter.org or 773-809-4403.

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