CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani will join St. Louis civil rights activist Brittany Packnett and Steve Silverman, founder of Flex Your Rights, for a panel discussion on the future of...
Updated: November 30, 2015
On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 8:30 a.m., the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear oral argument in Phillips v. Snyder from CCR co-counsel, the Sugar Law Center. Phillips v...
Updated: July 28, 2016
August 4, 2016Over two years ago, a federal judge swept aside multiple delay tactics by the administration of Gov. Rick Snyder and allowed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Michigan’s Emergency...
October 20, 2016Human rights attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday for failing to release documents on the agencies’ surveillance of...
January 26, 2017..."In 2001, it was basically just Michael Ratner running around waving a writ of habeas corpus. We couldn't find even find local legal counsel in some cases," said Baher Azmy, the legal director of...
June 9, 2017Anti-Gay preacher Scott Lively is off the hook on charges of 'crimes against humanity,' a federal court has ruled, but the judge in the case said from the bench that Lively is guilty. Lively, an ally...
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will allow for the partial implementation of President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries while the court examines...
Updated: June 27, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will allow for the partial implementation of President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries while the court examines...
Updated: June 27, 2017
February 26, 2020...The court also ordered the NYPD to begin tracking and investigating complaints of racial profiling. As of June 2019, the police department had failed to substantiate a single claim. (Zimroth has...
October 7, 2021...Under the current habeas process, the government can withhold certain classified evidence from a detainee and his lawyers, including information obtained in counterterrorism raids. If the...
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