...In April, I sat in on the closing arguments of Al Shimari v. CACI , a federal lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of three victims of torture at Abu Ghraib against...
...That lack of attention makes it easy to forget that more than two decades after its establishment as a detention camp for suspects in the War on Terror, 30 men are still being held at Guantánamo...
July 1, 2024, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling today that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken as part of their “core constitutional duties...
“The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, and resistance – are our greatest strengths” November 6, 2024, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s apparent victory, Center for...
March 13, 2025, El Paso, Texas — Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Texas A&M School of Law Civil Rights Clinic submitted a petition for a writ of...
Samah Sisay , Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney, will be speaking on a panel on Black identity, exploring perspectives from Black immigrants and Black Americans. This event is part of...
Trump Administration Makes False Claim Khalil Was Poised to Flee, Despite Video Showing Him Cooperating April 24, 2025, Newark, NJ – In filings in the case of Mahmoud Khalil submitted to immigration...
Federal Court Rejects Government’s Attempt to Use Immigration Law Provisions to Block Mahmoud Khalil’s Habeas Challenge April 29, 2025, Newark, N.J. – The U.S. District Court for the District of New...
May 6, 2025, Alvarado, TX – Today Hassan Ahmad of HMA Law Firm and Professor Nermeen Saba Arastu of CUNY School of Law appeared before Immigration Judge Margaret MacGregor for the initial immigration...
May 6, 2025, Philadelphia — The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the government permission to appeal the issue of where Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas case should play out. Back...
