Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. When you challenge your detention by filing a habeas corpus...
Updated: January 11, 2010
March 21, 2016Photo credit: US Human Rights Network
November 30, 2016Donald Trump’s ignorance of the Constitution was on display yesterday in his tweet calling for “consequences” for flag burning. “Perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” the president-elect...
May 31, 2017Seven years ago today, Israeli commandos attacked a six-boat flotilla en route to Gaza, to break the Israeli siege and to deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians effectively cut-off from the...
Additions diversify board in lawyering, journalism, and grantmaking May 14, 2018, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is pleased to announce the addition of four members to its...
Update: shortly after the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit on behalf of Tufaic, the U.S. State Department gave his wife, Alshaibah, a visa. The family was reunited in November 2019...
Updated: January 24, 2020
October 28, 2019"This attempt to chill our right to free speech should have ended long ago." [caption align="left"] [/caption] On Tuesday, Center for Constitution Rights Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood urged a...
Archeology Firm Identifies Five Additional Possible Cemeteries, Concludes Formosa’s Consultants Repeatedly Looked in Wrong Place for One of Them March 11, 2020, St. James Parish – Today, community...
July 6, 2020STARTING SOON! What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Today from 11 a.m. EDT to 12 p.m. EDT, join the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Dream Unfinished , and Lincoln Center for a live...
February 18, 2022We are hopeful that Mohammed’s torment will be lessened when he is in the care of trusted psychiatrists and has support from his family.
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