March 4, 2015, New York – Esteemed professor and intellectual Dr. Cornel West has cancelled a high-profile lecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in support of a...
August 3, 2015, New York – In response to the ruling by a federal judge today striking down Idaho’s “ag-gag” law, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: We applaud...
Context This is a resource page to help people support the call by the Women of Cancer Alley for a moratorium on new petrochemical industry facilities and closure of existing facilities that refuse...
December 20, 2013, New York – Today, in response to reports that Ugandan lawmakers passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We...
February 20, 2014, Newark and New York – Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department’s broad surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey. In a...
March 21, 2014, New York – Today, a group of New Jersey Muslims represented by Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed a federal district court’s...
June 30, 2010 Washington D.C . – Yesterday, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency issued a memo outlining its ”Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention and...
August 30, 2012, New York – In response today’s announcement that the Department of Justice has closed, without charges, investigations of CIA interrogations of two detainees who died in...
August 22, 2013, New York – In response to Chelsea Manning’s announcement today of her gender identity, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Center for...
September 5, 2017, New York – In response to the Trump administration ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
