September 13, 2012, New York - Since the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) filed a formal request for an investigation one year ago to the...
A district court judge declared an important provision of the USA Patriot Act unconstitutional because it is so vague that it “could be construed to include unequivocally pure speech and...
“Mother Sister’s always watching.” This line, from the critically acclaimed film Do the Right Thing , fully embodies the feeling in Black and Latino communities. A need to protect oneself and...
Updated: August 29, 2016
Brooklyn, NY, May 6, 2008 - Today, The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Support Haiti Network (ISHN) joined members of the New York City Council and representatives of...
CCR joined 238 national and state immigration and civil human rights organizations, law offices, educational institutions, elected officials, and faith-based groups in signing this letter to...
Updated: September 27, 2017
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...
As its on-going celebration of the updated sixth edition of the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook , Center for Constitutional Rights Co-author and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head speaks with a number of...
Updated: August 25, 2021
July 6, 2020STARTING SOON! What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Today from 11 a.m. EDT to 12 p.m. EDT, join the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Dream Unfinished , and Lincoln Center for a live...
June 23, 2025, New York/Geneva - Today, a group of 15 leading human rights and legal organizations released an open letter urging an end to the current privatized, militarized aid delivery model...
Join CCR to pack the court on February 3rd in Boston for oral arguments in Blum v. Holder , our legal challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as an infringement on free speech. CCR...
Updated: January 24, 2014
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