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...
What are the government’s “kill lists” and why are they illegal? The government has “kill lists” of individuals suspected of terrorism, including U.S. citizens, who are...
Updated: July 17, 2012
On February 20, 2018, CCR and partner organizations Asian Law Caucus, Muslim Advocates, and the Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Pennsylvania State Law School released a resource providing...
Updated: February 20, 2018
August 26, 2019Breaking: Trial date pending in Al Shimari case [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Friday, in our long running case on behalf of three Iraqi Abu Ghraib torture survivors, Al Shimari, et al. v...
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