September 2, 2021,San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that...
The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks two dynamic, visionary attorneys, preferably with 4+ years of litigation experience, who are politically aligned with our vision and approach to movement...
Mr. Khalil was unlawfully detained by ICE last week because of his pro-Palestine advocacy at Columbia University NEW YORK — In a fight to get recent Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil back to...
In letter to St. James Parish Council, groups say ordinance reflects discriminatory and deadly land use system that has roots in slavery, threaten legal action if ordinance is not withdrawn St. James...
It’s been thirteen years since interrogators and military police at Abu Ghraib prison tortured detainees, and twelve since the abuse, captured on film, was disclosed to the world. It’s been even...
... If there are already far-reaching protections for police officers in all 50 states, why are states pursuing this legislation? The answer, of course, is politics. “If New York State wants to send...
... One hundred and fifteen justices have served on the Supreme Court since its founding in 1789 . Not one has been a Black woman. Ilya Shapiro, a popular conservative legal scholar recently...
November 22, 2013 - Today, an appellate panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the City of New York’s request to vacate District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin’s...
May 12, 2014, New York – In response to the NYPD’s release today of its complete stop-and-frisk data for 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement:...
September 4, 2014, New York - In response to today’s announcement by the NYPD that it will launch the body camera pilot program ordered by Judge Shira Scheindlin in the landmark case Floyd v...
