Defending the rights of detainees during COVID-19 As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, the pandemic is exposing and exacerbating stark systemic...
Updated: May 8, 2020
June 18, 2020, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s DACA decision today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump...
November 20, 2020... Versions of both of these approaches were used successfully in New York City in Floyd et al. v. City of New York , which famously forced the city to rein in its stop-and-frisk program. In that...
February 9, 2021... Another piece of legislation Scher approvingly references is by Rep. Adam Schiff. The California Democrat’s bill, according to Scher, would (among other things) further expand what’s called the...
May 14, 2021...Prison officials violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment if they are deliberately indifferent to conditions of confinement that pose a substantial risk of...
Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care January 19, 2023, Macon, GA – In response to Ms. Diamond’s...
March 11, 2024...[Center for Constituation Rights] sought an emergency injunction to stop the Biden administration from aiding the Israeli assault and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
April 12, 2024...Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights at the oral argument in Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, RISE St. James v. St. James Parish, et al . This lawsuit challenging environmental...
Updated: September 27, 2024
CJ Sandley is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he focuses on anti-carceral and racial injustice litigation. They are based in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining...
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