[español abajo] Plaintiffs Argue Jury Made Right Decision, Promise Swift Appeal May 30, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Today, a federal judge overturned the verdict of a unanimous jury that found...
October 20, 2021Colonialism is generally not a topic of discussion or analysis in constitutional law studies in the United States. Yet U.S. constitutional law has both shaped and been shaped by projects of colonial...
CCR joined 10 other civil rights groups in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kenneth L. Marcus demanding he end his department's attacks on...
Updated: December 4, 2018
May 28, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Today, three amicus curiae or friend-of-the-court briefs were filed in the Supreme Court, in support of CCR’s petition for certiorari in its case against...
June 28, 2013, New York – The day after the Senate passed a disappointing immigration reform bill, the U.S. government agreed to pay over $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees in the historic...
THE FUTURE OF HABEAS CORPUS AND EXECUTIVE POWER: Al Odah v. United States Pre-Argument Panel 6:00 – 8:00 PM Georgetown University Law Center 12th Floor, Gewirz Student Residence Hall 600 New Jersey...
Updated: November 30, 2007
Since 2002, at least 775 men have been held in the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. According to Department of Defense data, fewer than half of them are accused of committing any...
Updated: December 2, 2007
Judson Memorial Church August 25th, 7 pm William Kunstler's fingerprints are on many of the most crucial cases in American history-from fighting for civil rights with Martin Luther King, Jr. to...
Updated: August 21, 2009
Join CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei alongside CCR friend Ramzi Kassem and CUNY law students for a discussion of Guantanamo Bay and the Evolution of Its Litigation 12 years later. Where:...
Updated: April 16, 2014
The full panel was as follows: Steven E. Fineman, Managing Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP; Brad N. Friedman, Partner, Milberg LLP; Faith E. Gay, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart...
Updated: January 26, 2010
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