September 21, 2016, Chicago – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to strike down the federal Animal...
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the...
Updated: November 3, 2023
March 19, 2013, Boston and New York – Last night, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), without...
May 8, 2020People often say “you cannot put a value on human life,” but nobody seems to have told this to the American Legislative Exchange Council – known by its acronym, ALEC. ALEC was one of the right-wing...
Submits Notice of Hearing Request in U.S. Court to Address Serious Concerns Regarding Physical and Mental Health December 6, 2018, The Hague/New York – Today, the legal representative for one of the...
This case, Seeds of Peace v. City of Pittsburgh , USDC W.D. PA, was filed on behalf of activists harassed by the police in the days before the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. It is related to the Codepink...
Updated: September 28, 2009
April 14, 2017“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” Those are the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,...
July 10, 2020... The history of SYG is the story of an unholy alliance between the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the less well-known American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC bills itself as “...
A case brought under the Alien Tort Statute for extrajudicial killing and persecution on behalf of the parents of Isis Obed Murillo, in partnership with El Comité de Familiares de Detenidos...
Updated: December 30, 2014
First of kind in U.S., bill would block flow of money from NY “charities” to Israeli groups ethnically cleansing Palestinians May 17, 2023, New York – A coalition of legal and grassroots...
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