June 21, 2010, Washington and New York – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to criminalize speech in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to challenge the Patriot Act before...
May 5, 2010, Minnesota and St. Paul, MN —Today, the C enter for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with co-counsel De Leon & Nestor and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed a federal lawsuit...
A lawsuit brought on behalf of three journalists against the City of St. Paul, the City of Minneapolis, Ramsey County, and multiple law enforcement officers to challenge the targeting by law...
April 6, 2010, Washington, D.C. — Over three years after opening secretive “Communications Management Units,” or “CMUs,” the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) took one...
A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Activist Ralph Fertig is the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case set to determine whether "speaking out on behalf of an oppressed foreign minority-represented by a group that's been deemed a...
CCR is providing legal support and criminal defense to the protesters who engaged in civil disobedience (CD) as part of the New Sanctuary Movement’s (NSM) on-going campaign around immigrant...
Kevin Olliff is an animal rights activist who was arrested April 18, 2009 on three year-old protest charges and, soon after, had 10 felony counts added to his charges: multiple counts of: stalking,...
A year ago, hopes ran high that a newly -elected President Obama would undo the shameful legacy of the Bush Administration - - a legacy that includes torture, preventative detention, and rendition...
December 17, 2009, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) asked a federal judge to amend her decision granting an injunction against Congress’ unconstitutional de-...
