June 29, 2020, New York – In response to current reporting on the impending New York City budget vote, Lupe Aguirre , Bertha Just Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
D.C. Appellate Court Asked to Reverse Lower Court Ruling Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit Targeting Advocacy as a SLAPP July 7, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, academics who were sued over the American...
July 10, 2020, New York — This week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling regarding an emergency motion and supplemental submission filed by the...
July 16, 2020, New York/Chicago — On Thursday, the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of...
Landowners Awarded $10,000 Each Plus Attorneys Fees July 16, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana ruled that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company...
Ruling Affirms Injunction Temporarily Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court August 4, 2020, New York – Today,the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s October 2019 decision granting a...
District Court Found CDCR Had Violated Settlement, but Appellate Panel Reversed August 31, 2020, San Francisco – Today, men who sued the state of California for imprisoning them in solitary...
Crafting Laws in Secret With Corporations and Conservative Activists Violates Open Meetings Law, Lawsuit Says September 1, 2020, Phoenix, AZ – Today, attorneys representing leaders from Arizona’s...
Lawyers Concerned Their Research on Legal Databases Like LexisNexis and Westlaw May Be Shared With Immigration Officials at ICE and DHS September 14, 2020, New York/Chicago/Phoenix – Today, Mijente,...
Mohammed al-Qahtani Suffers from Schizophrenia and PTSD and Should Be Returned Home, His Attorneys Say September 29, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...