Constitutional liberty in the Digital Age
Technology changes.
Rights do not.
A public initiative focused on applying enduring constitutional principles to surveillance, digital information, automated decisions, biometrics, and high-consequence governmental technology.
Now published: South Carolina Bill of Digital Rights — Version 1.0, September 2026. National materials: updated publication coming soon.
The South Carolina initiative is the first fully published state implementation within this project: a constitutional framework, proposed statutory implementation, legal analysis, comparative state research, and Judiciary resources.
Published state initiative
A state constitutional framework and legislative development package addressing digital privacy, surveillance, automated decisions, biometrics, high-consequence systems, auditability, procurement, oversight, and remedies.
View the South Carolina Initiative →
National initiative
The updated national framework and federal legislative materials are being prepared for publication. The South Carolina work is available now.
See What’s Coming →Existing constitutional protections remain applicable as life and government become increasingly digital.
Protected digital information tied to identity, body, communications, location, and private activity retains legal protection.
Consequential automated decisions remain subject to due process and meaningful independent human review.
Technology, commercial access, third-party possession, or procurement does not itself create governmental authority.
Government technology should remain auditable, reviewable, independently verifiable where required, and subject to lawful oversight.
Technology may assist government, but constitutional rights and accountable human judgment remain controlling.
South Carolina publication
The complete Version 1.0 package contains the constitutional framework, white paper, legislative initiatives, proposed Act, Judiciary materials, primary authorities, comparative state-law analysis, and FAQ.
Download Complete Package ↓The state constitutional framework.
Read document →Draft for Legislative Council and Judiciary review.
Read draft →State-law comparators and implementation context.
Read analysis →Plain-language questions and answers.
Read FAQ →“The liberties secured by the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of South Carolina do not diminish because technology evolves.”
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