Allen Chaney

Legal Director for ACLU South Carolina. Views are my own, and are likely wrong.

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

Fortunately, there are a few decent lawyers on faculty there. I like David Cole’s chances against Ed Martin

https://t.co/g1Y6JA7rYj

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is wildly wrong and unconstitutional. The US Attorney in DC is trying to dictate the curriculum of a private religious college.

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

This.

[Carissa Byrne Hessick @CBHessick]

Ironically, the "common law judging approach" is actually what the people who wrote the Constitution thought judges were supposed to do.
That orgininalism as a judicial methodology is itself anti-originalist drives me insane.
https://t.co/HxpXx3J2rj

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@profalankchen @justin_marceau @CambridgeUP @CUPAcademic @SturmCOL @AEJMC Outstanding! Congrats to you both

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

Filed a new lawsuit today! This time @ACLU_SC is challenging SCDC’s total ban on press access to/for prisoners. https://t.co/0x45yGbQ2G

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

Happy to see a couple professors from my alma mater on this list. 👏@profalankchen @llrovner

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Over 35 law professors have contacted the DOJ in a letter requesting the release of Julian Assange.

“We respectfully urge you to uphold the First Amendment and drop all Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange.”

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

Come help me defend our diverse, multiracial democracy before it erodes beyond repair! I’ll even make sure you get a decent salary and great benefits (free healthcare, y’all)!

https://t.co/axe7GXSegR

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

However bad you think SC's DJJ is, the truth is worse https://t.co/O1i3ZirdGf via @SCDailyGazette @ACLU_SC

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@ProfSamKamin Some solid amicus briefs though, so maybe that tempers the shame

[ACLU of South Carolina @ACLU_SC]

"Someone is formally challenging my vote. What should I do?" 🧵

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@LeahLitman I particularly liked: “You’re saying that it was clear error … to credit those experts over your nothing!?”

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@MatthewStrugar Poetic punch … love that!

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

#USWNT played their best game today, plenty good enough to win. Poor use of substitutes is worth criticizing but the catastrophizing of dim witted Fox analysts is wrong and exhausting. #StayUpWithUs

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

A week after we sued in Pickens to keep Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You in school libraries and classrooms, its author is coming to town! Welcome to SC @JasonReynolds83 !! #freedomtoread

[ACLU of South Carolina @ACLU_SC]

We're heading to court over Pickens County School District's unconstitutional book ban. Read the release here: https://t.co/yyKke5mWRY

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@_sbrett_ @SomilBTrivedi He’ll be back, right @SomilBTrivedi ???

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

5 o’clock shadow docket

[Melissa Murray (@ProfMMurray on Threads 🧵) @ProfMMurray]

There is only one right answer.

[The Leadership Conference @civilrightsorg]

A reminder that Emmett Till would have turned 82 this summer.

This is not ancient history. And yes: We should all learn about it.

[NAACP @NAACP]

“#BlackHistory is #AmericanHistory. We have a responsibility to provide our students with a complete teaching of our nation’s history – both the good and the bad."

— NAACP Pickens County Branch President Shelia Crawford

Read our statement: https://t.co/tCJwqAngs6

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

Pickens County’s removal of @DrIbram and @JasonReynolds83 “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” from its school libraries is cowardly, thought-stifling political censorship. It also violates the First Amendment. https://t.co/4zN8hacw7O

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

In celebration of National Library Week, we filed a lawsuit today challenging a school district’s removal of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. More to come soon #freedomtoread @ACLU_SC

[Allen Chaney @dAllenChaneyJr]

@SomilBTrivedi @Paul_Bowers But only cuz of the, uh… you know, … democrats