August 15, 2015In a maneuver blasted by constitutional rights experts as "rare and unusual," the Obama administration late on Friday submitted a long-awaited filing urging a federal judge not to order the release...
September 2, 2015On Tuesday, 10 California inmates succeeded in stopping the decades-long use of indefinite solitary confinement in the state's prison system. In a landmark settlement to a class-action suit they...
A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked President Trump’s plan to bar nearly all migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of...
Updated: July 26, 2019
CCR is pleased to cosponsor the next No Separate Justice vigil, which will focus on the U.S. government’s use of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) and highlight the case of Ahmed Abu Ali who has...
Updated: May 23, 2017
June 28, 2021TODAY — Pride Is Protest: Celebrating a Legacy of Black Queer & Trans Resistance, Resilience, and Rebellion Join us today 12-12:45pm EST for part two of our Instagram Live series ( @ccrjustice...
Karina Murrieta is a Senior Donor Relations Officer at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She works with the Development Director and Deputy Director of Development to support the department’s...
On October 7, 2011, Members of Congress wrote to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) with questions and concerns about the policies and practices at the Communications Management Units (CMUs), and...
Updated: October 13, 2011
May 24, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted an important exhibit with a brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Canadian citizen and rendition victim...
Who: David Cole , Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Co-Chair, The Constitution Project Liberty and Security Committee; Argued Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project case on material support in...
Updated: February 16, 2011
Diala Shamas is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on challenging government and law enforcement abuses perpetrated under the guise of national security...
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