First Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Is Granted on Public Charge O ctober 11, 2019, New York – Today, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, which was...
Decision Preserves Important Protection for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Previously Turned Back at Ports of Entry March 5, 2020, San Francisco – A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today blocked...
Obstacles to Public Benefits Will Exacerbate Health and Economic Crises, Attorneys Argue May 18, 2020, New York – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Legal Aid Society,...
President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin are failing in their legal duty to prevent, and not further, this most serious of crimes
July 30, 2010, New York - A group of 72 Iraqi citizens who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities across Iraq can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L...
Federal Court grants class certification in case challenging Trump administration turnback immigration policy August 6, 2020, San Diego – A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro...
New Hearing for Sharqawi Al Hajj Too Little, Too Late Unless Obama Administration Acts Now, Attorneys Say November 15, New York – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) announced that it has granted a...
Jan 8, 2026, New York – With the 24th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay approaching on January 11, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:...
Overview: In August 2013, a federal judge found that the New York Police Department (NYPD) had engaged in a widespread practice of unconstitutional and racially discriminatory stops and frisks and...
ACS has long abused its so-called “emergency removal” authority, consistently relying on it in over 50 percent of removals — with devastating consequences for families 90 percent of ACS’s “emergency...
