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We're suing to end partisan gerrymandering in South Carolina. This week on the podcast we are joined by Lynn Teague, Vice President for Issues and Action with the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.
When we said we'd keep fighting after the unfortunate 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Alexander v. SC NAACP in May, we really meant it. To read more about the case and find ways to join the struggle for representative democracy in our state, visit aclusc.org.
Music on this episode is by Daft Hartley.
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Dr. Herb Silverman ran for governor of South Carolina to challenge the state’s unconstitutional religious oath requirement for public office. Today we are joined by Herb as well as Dr. Bonnie Cleaveland, a leader with the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry who has found herself tangled up in a fight over comprehensive sex education in the Charleston County School District.
Secular Coalition for America: https://secular.org/
Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry: https://lowcountryhumanists.org/
Dr. Silverman’s website: https://www.herbsilverman.com/
PRRI survey: “Support for Christian Nationalism in All 50 States” https://www.prri.org/research/support-for-christian-nationalism-in-all-50-states/
Theme music by Daft Hartley
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Book banning fights used to be hyper-local affairs, argued and settled in county school board meetings. The current censorship wave seeks to impose ideological purity at the level of state government, and the self-appointed bookshelf cops have rich and powerful allies on their side.
Today we’re talking about local and statewide censorship battles with school librarian Katherine Freligh and ACLU-SC Advocacy Director Josh Malkin.
If you would like to join the Freedom to Read SC Coalition, visit aclusc.org/FTR. Music on this episode is by Daft Hartley and A Spot on the Hill.
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There’s an old saying that South Carolina is too small for a republic but too large for an insane asylum. But what if there was a better way of thinking about our state’s problems? What if we knew our system of representative democracy was broken on purpose, and we could name the people who broke it? And what if we fought back?
On this episode, we’re diving deep on gerrymandering. Members of our legal team have an update on our landmark Congressional gerrymandering case that received a devastating 6-3 opinion from the Supreme Court this week. They also give us some ideas of how to keep fighting even when the system seems rigged.
If you would like to learn more and sign a petition to end gerrymandering in South Carolina, visit aclusc.org/fairmaps.
Music on today’s podcast is by Daft Hartley and A Spot on the Hill.
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May 9th, 2024, marked the end of a two-year legislative session in the South Carolina State House ... sort of. On this episode we dig into the bad bills that passed, the bad bills we stopped, and how we can fight back against a legislature that’s increasingly hostile to civil liberties.
One bill that is still live in the legislature is the classroom censorship bill, H. 3728. If you would like to join the more than 600 South Carolinians who have written to the conference committee members asking them to stop this censorship bill, you can do so at aclusc.org/censor24
If you would like to take one small action to end partisan gerrymandering today, we have more information and a petition you can sign at aclusc.org/fairmaps
Music credits: A Spot on the Hill, Daft Hartley
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Our guests are three people living with the consequences of South Carolina’s extreme anti-abortion law. They are Dr. Jessica Tarleton, an OB-GYN from South Carolina; and Emma and Zach Giglio, a married couple from Summerville who were forced to seek an abortion out of state.
To sign the Repeal the Ban petition, visit aclusc.org/RepealTheBan
Disclaimer: The participants in this podcast episode are not lawyers, and the contents of this episode should not be taken as legal advice.
Music on today’s episode is by Daft Hartley and A Spot onthe Hill.
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Today we're going to housing court. South Carolina is in the midst of an eviction crisis, and special dockets within local courts have been set up to hear case after case of residential evictions. We'll listen in on some high-stakes, high-stress cases.
On the second half of the episode, our guest is Charlotte Martin, a renter and organizer with the South Carolina Housing Justice Network. We're talking about how tenants can build power and protect each other's rights.
Music credits: A Spot on the Hill and Daft Hartley.
For more information about the S.C. Housing Justice Network, visit SCHJN.com. To write your lawmaker in support of Eviction Right to Counsel, visit ACLUSC.org/eviction.
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The eviction crisis is ongoing in South Carolina. Our first guest today is Tony Jones, a student at the University of South Carolina School of Law who has a deeply frustrating story to share involving South Carolina's landlord-tenant laws.
In the second half of the show, we have an interview with Michelle Mapp about what Eviction Right to Counsel means and how we can achieve it.
Use this link to write your lawmaker about Eviction Right to Counsel and South Carolina House Bill 3844, which could make that right a reality: aclusc.org/eviction
Our study on the economic benefits of Eviction Right to Counsel: https://www.aclusc.org/en/south-carolina-renters-should-have-right-legal-counsel-when-facing-eviction
Eviction Lab study on serial eviction filings in Charleston, S.C., and Birmingham, AL: https://evictionlab.org/serial-eviction-filings/
Music credits: A Spot on the Hill, Daft Hartley
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Being homeless in the capital city of South Carolina means having your rights curtailed. Your daily decisions about where to sit, eat, or sleep are in part made up for you; your range of movement is limited; and your actions are closely monitored by police. One wrong move and you’re arrested, spending the night in one of the most dangerous jails in South Carolina.
Being homeless in Columbia is, in short, a civil libertiesnightmare.
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into the root causes of homelessness and the eviction crisis. Our guests are homeless aid provider Regi- Solis and Glynnis Hagins of the South Carolina NAACP.
For more information about South Carolina housing justice issues, visit our website: https://www.aclusc.org/en/issues/housing-justice
For more about Columbia’s ineffective, inhumane, illegal response to homelessness, see our open letter Homes, Not Handcuffs: https://www.aclusc.org/en/press-releases/civil-rights-groups-demand-repeal-columbias-ineffective-inhumane-and-illegal
If you would like to push for housing justice in our state, ask your state lawmaker to cosponsor House Bill 3844, guaranteeing Eviction Right to Counsel: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/sc-eviction-right-to-counsel
Music by Daft Hartley and A Spot on the Hill
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“While I Breathe, I Hope.” It’s the state motto of SouthCarolina. It’s about surviving and fighting and overcoming despair.
This is Paul Bowers from the ACLU of South Carolina, here to announce we’re starting a podcast. It’s called While I Breathe. It’ll be a wide-ranging program about the most important civil rights and civil liberties issues of our time. We’ll feature interviews with people living and working on the front lines. I hope you’ll join me as we learn a few things and get to work building the state we deserve.
Podcast logo by Holly Shinn
Backing track by Daft Hartley
Our website: aclusc.org
