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CCR News: Hearings on asylum ban and Guantánamo

November 19, 2018

In court today challenging Trump's asylum ban We will be in court today along with the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center on our emergency challenge to Donald Trump's Asylum Ban, which prohibits anyone who crosses the southern border without inspection from obtaining asylum. As we told you last week , immediately after the ban was issued, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined our co-counsel to challenge it on behalf of community partners East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab and Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles. Things have moved quickly since...

CCR News: Challenging a pipeline land grab

November 12, 2018

Preview of Bayou Bridge Pipeline hearing this Friday After the Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC (BBP) was sued for beginning construction of a crude oil pipeline on land that is not theirs, BBP brought an...

CCR in solidarity with Veterans Day disruption

Veterans Day protest

November 12, 2018

CCR stands in solidarity with the veterans of anti-war group About Face who yesterday interrupted an award ceremony in Philadelphia honoring former President George W. Bush. Veterans were responding...

CCR News: Incidents will not stop until hate stops

November 5, 2018

Incidents will not stop until hate stops We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those who were murdered and the communities that have been terrorized. These shootings are inextricable...

CCR News: The devastating human toll of Trump's agenda

October 29, 2018

Mom and four-yera-old son sue DHS to reunite after seven months of separation under Trump's border policy A Salvadoran mother whose son was taken from her by U.S. immigration officials at the...

CCR News: Victory in family separation case!

October 22, 2018

VICTORY: Immigrant father and two-year-old son released from detention and reunited! The Center for Constitutional Rights celebrated an incredible victory last week after a federal judge ordered the...

Pelican Bay Prisoners' Statement on 3rd Anniversary of Settlement

October 15, 2018

Sunday marked the third anniversary of the landmark settlement agreement in Ashker v. California , the class action lawsuit that ended indefinite solitary confinement in California prisons. We have...

CCR News: Immigrant father who challenged his detention and five-month separation from his infant son released on bond

October 15, 2018

Immigrant father who challenged his detention and a five-month incommunicado separation from his infant son released on bond A Honduran immigrant, Mr. C., who was held in a New York detention center...

CCR News: Unsettled chasm between truth and power

October 8, 2018

In response to the Senate's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: The Center for Constitutional Rights...

CCR News: Ramapough Lenape Nation Sues NJ Town, Polo Club for Racial and Religious Discrimination

October 1, 2018

Ramapough Lenape Nation Sues NJ Town, Polo Club for Racial and Religious Discrimination On Friday, September 21, the Ramapough Lenape Nation Tribe, represented by CCR and co-counsel, filed an amended...

The Activist Files Podcast

September 25, 2018

The Activist Files is a podcast by the Center for Constitutional Rights where we feature the stories of people on the front lines fighting for justice, including activists, lawyers, and artists. We...

CCR News: The ICC must end impunity and open an investigation into crimes committed in occupied Palestine

September 24, 2018

The ICC must end impunity and open an investigation into crimes committed in occupied Palestine Together with 25 civil society organizations, we issued an open letter to the Prosecutor of the...

CCR News: Challenging the Bayou Bridge Pipeline’s Attempted Land Grab

September 17, 2018

Landowners File Constitutional Challenge to Bayou Bridge's Claim to Eminent Domain in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin Last week, we filed a major legal challenge against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP...

CCR News: Protect the Protest

September 10, 2018

CCR is excited to be part of a new coalition, Protect the Protest (PTP), which launched Tuesday. PTP brings together civil liberties, human rights, and environmental groups to push back against...

"Protect the Protest" coalition launched to fight back against SLAPPs

September 6, 2018

CCR is excited to be part of a new coalition launched yesterday, called Protect the Protest . PTP brings together civil liberties, human rights and environmental groups to push back against Strategic...

CCR News: CCR joins coalitions to protect protest, democracy, and human rights defenders

September 3, 2018

Join us for the "Protect the Protest" coalition launch! On Wednesday, CCR will participate in the launch of a nationwide coalition called " Protect the Protest " to challenge Strategic Lawsuits...

CCR News: Asylum seekers will take CBP to court over border turnaways

August 27, 2018

Federal judge gives green light to lawsuit challenging CBP's turnaways of asylum seekers at the border A federal judge ruled last week that our lawsuit challenging U.S. Customs and Border Protection’...

CCR News: Prisoners at the table in California

August 20, 2018

In California, prisoners will help develop a remedy to unjust detention conditions For the first time, the men who were held in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay, who won the battle...

CCR News: Yemeni man granted Muslim Ban waiver, reunites with family in U.S. after 17 years

August 13, 2018

Yemeni man granted Muslim Ban waiver, reunites with family in U.S. after 17 years Last week, after 17 years, Ali Ahmad, a Yemeni man CCR profiled in our report on how the Muslim Ban affects Yemeni-...

CCR News: CCR now has official UN status

August 6, 2018

CCR granted Special Consultative Status to Economic and Social Council of the United Nations The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was granted official special consultative status last week with...

CCR News: Challenging Racially Discriminatory “Emergency Manager” Law

July 30, 2018

In Court Challenging Racially Discriminatory "Emergency Manager" Law On Wednesday, a federal court in Detroit heard oral argument in CCR’s case challenging Michigan’s controversial Emergency Manager...

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