June 19, 2017The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against six foreigners who hoped to sue officials from President George W. Bush's administration over alleged abuse in a Brooklyn jail after the 9/11 attacks. The...
March 2006A lawsuit filed against Caterpillar corporation is seeking compensatory damages and an order to enjoin Caterpillar sales of bulldozers until Israel stops its practice of home demolitions.
September 7, 2017Imagine a government that kidnaps , tortures , rapes , and kills . Now imagine one that forces people into slavery . These horrors sound like things that happen to people who live in far away...
On Episode 21 of "The Activist Files," Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney speaks with Anthonine Pierre of the Brooklyn Movement Center and Marielle Shavonne Smith...
Updated: December 19, 2019
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of "stop and frisk" searches by Philadelphia police, alleging that the policy is violating the rights of blacks...
October 2014"A federal appeals court on Friday rebuffed an effort by NYPD unions to keep alive an appeal of a ruling that found police stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional and ordered reforms. .....
The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes the news that its motion for leave to appeal to the highest court of the state, the Court of Appeals, was granted in Walton v. NYSDOCS. The lawsuit seeks...
Tens of thousands of times over six years, the police stopped and questioned people on New York City streets without the legal justification for doing so, a new study says.
Join CCR Board member Michael Smith and other esteemed panelist to discuss: The Rise of Racism & the Attack on Democratic Rights. Panel topics include: The Attack on Black People's Right to Self...
Updated: February 11, 2008
November 15, 2021In July 2017, Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, two activists from the Catholic Worker Movement, held a press conference to announce that they were responsible for acts of vandalism against the...
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