Joseph Thompson, a green card holder from Jamaica, came to the United States in 1985. After an encounter with police in Dalton, Georgia, Joseph was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Updated: February 16, 2022
Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Astha Sharma Pokharel will speak at a virtual event organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). The event will be streamed on AMP’s...
Updated: January 18, 2024
On October 31, 2013, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted the City's request for a stay on the stop-and-frisk remedies mandated by the Federal district...
Updated: November 8, 2013
February 4, 2015 — In light of Ashton Carter's confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and NYU Press invite you to a discussion and reception celebrating the launch of Obama’s Guantánamo: Stories from an Enduring Prison . The collection...
Updated: June 27, 2016
Katherine Acey, New York, served as the Executive Director of Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice for twenty-three years (1987 – 2010). Under her stewardship Astraea established the nation's first...
August 10, 2018, New York – Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Scott Lively’s attempt to appeal a ruling from the district court to remove language that harshly criticized his role...
Join us for an insightful look at progress made in 2018 followed by a compelling panel discussion featuring guest panelists: Intersectionality and Our Movements: Why Cross-Movement Collaboration Is...
Updated: January 24, 2019
On the 15th episode of The Activist Files, Staff Attorney Chinyere Ezie and Dean Spade , author , activist, and law professor at Seattle University School of Law, discuss the state of the queer and...
Updated: June 20, 2019
Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has implicitly and explicitly approved of the institution of slavery and the racial caste system it necessitated. That legacy has deeply influenced how our...
Updated: March 26, 2021
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