Decades-old rules meant to constrain the New York City Police Department from violating the civil rights of innocent citizens will get some meat on their bones to settle lawsuits over spying on...
In recent weeks, governors , mayors , major businesses , and entertainers have joined a boycott of North Carolina and Mississippi as a way of protesting new state laws that license discrimination...
Guantanamo’s symbolism has shifted fundamentally over the three presidential administrations that it has been used as an island prison. It’s worth reconsidering that history—and what it means in the...
...It’s often said that police agencies will function properly if they remove a few “bad apples,” said Patel, who served as trial counsel in 2012 for the Center for Constitutional Rights’ class-...
..."Its place is in a broader conversation on decarceration and how the government uses money in what is a deeply flawed legal system. It should be part of a bigger conversation on civil rights and...
... Attorneys for the women said they recently discovered in documents they requested that Stephen Miller, a senior advisor to Trump, intended for the money to be used to fund a wall at the U.S.-...
...The landmark decision in the 2008 class-action lawsuit — a huge blow to ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s crime-fighting legacy — included hiring Zimroth, a private lawyer and former Manhattan...
Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties September 29, Richmond, VA – Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court...
Private Prison Corporations Fail to Prevent Release of Immigration Detention Documents April 12, 2017, New York – Last night, the two largest private prison corporations in the U.S. suffered their...
The failure to indict a police officer for yet another killing of a young, Black person – this time a child, 12-year-old Tamir Rice – should outrage us and cause us to look more deeply at the...
