On October 24, 2019, Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre delivered testimony before the New York State Senate Codes Committee, calling on the state legislature to...
Updated: October 24, 2019
December 11, 2020...This week, New York appellate judges heard a case against Fordham University. Students filed a suit against the school in 2016 after it refused to recognize the Students for Justice in Palestine (...
February 18, 2021...Siding with multiple criminal justice reform groups who filed friend of court briefs, the court also dismissed police union claims that disclosure of uncomfortable information might leave a “...
May 19, 2023…Congress has been slow to recognize public sentiment on the issue, but McCollum says, “Support is growing rapidly for the Palestinian people, who deserve justice, equality, human rights, and the...
Adina Marx-Arpadi is a Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on issues of Palestine Suppression, Family Policing, and Abusive Immigration Practices. Prior to joining...
In February of 2000 CCR filed Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America , a nationwide class action lawsuit, seeking to enjoin, declare illegal, and recoup damages resulting from conspiracies...
Updated: July 6, 2009
In 2007, the CCR filed a lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and various City Police officers alleging that the Pittsburgh police unconstitutionally used TASERS against peaceful demonstrators at...
Updated: November 17, 2009
A lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration to challenge the failure to approve the Morning-After Pill (also known as "emergency contraception" or "Plan B") with over-the-counter access for...
Updated: January 20, 2010
The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, undertook an official visit to the...
Updated: February 19, 2010
CCR joined as an amicus in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida , two cases that will evaluate how the Eighth Amendment’s clause on cruel and unusual punishment applies to sentencing...
Updated: June 28, 2010
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