September 2013"As the country has been debating military intervention in Syria, the airwaves and blogosphere, conversations on the street and phone calls to Congress have rightly been filled with talk of the...
August 31, 2015I feel like there is a heavy weight on my chest – it’s as if I’m breathing through a needle hole. And then I ask myself, “If I write or say something, is anybody going to listen to me? Is it really...
November 13, 2015Steven Salaita hit the jackpot Wednesday, when the University of Illinois agreed to pay him $600,000 and his lawyers an additional $275,000 to go away. That's roughly seven times what his annual...
Please join us on President's Day for a special Freedom Flicks screening of the Academy Award-nominated film SPOTLIGHT , followed by a short program and Q&A with honored guest Phil...
Updated: February 8, 2016
April 17, 2016The U.S. has transferred nine Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison facility to Saudi Arabia. The group represented just over 10 percent of the population that remained at Guantanamo...
July 7, 2016New Yorkers should visit nypdbodycameras.org now and take advantage of this rare opportunity to give input on not only how we are policed, but on how we will literally be watched. Body-worn cameras...
August 18, 2016, New York – In response to the news that the Department of Justice will cease to use private prisons, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: CCR welcomes...
November 22, 2016, New York – Today, in response to a submission by four Palestinian human rights groups to the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging the ICC prosecutor to open a formal...
January 1, 2017Two of the most important cases that the Supreme Court will hear during its current Term involve the availability of “ Bivens remedies” judge made causes of action that allow individuals to seek...
July 21, 2017Health care may be stalled, but Congress is still weighing plenty of terrible legislation. As The Intercept reports, bills in both houses would make it a literal felony for any American to support a...
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