December 2013The struggle over New York City’s stop-and-frisk practices has been a long and dramatic one, played out in the streets, in the City Council and, of late, in a series of highly unusual court...
April 2014Former US Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was reportedly punished with solitary confinement for giving legal advice to his fellow inmates, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. An anonymous source...
June 2014The parties in the stop-and-frisk litigation have asked Southern District Judge Analisa Torres ( See Profile) to resolve motions to intervene by police unions who oppose a settlement between the...
March 5, 2015, Paris/Berlin/New York – Today, at an appeals hearing at the Chambre de l’instruction de la Cour d’appel de Paris, the attorney for former Guantánamo detainees...
July 29, 2016 – New York – Today, three American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become informants...
August 10, 2016, New York – Yesterday, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a filing in federal court documenting the widespread and systematic...
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Corporations Cannot Stop Release of Government Documents February 8, 2017, New York – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by private...
Highest Court Rejects Private Prisons’ Petition to Limit Release of Government Documents October 10, 2017, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations...
The Administrative Assistant/Associate provides administrative support for CCR’s Legal and Advocacy department, and departmental directors, as outlined below. Background: From its roots representing...
Updated: February 26, 2018
December 6, 2018, St. Martinville, LA – Today, a Louisiana judge found that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company (BBP) trespassed on privately owned land when it constructed its oil pipeline in the...
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