April 20, 2017Originally posted on Huffington Post . Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump made no secret of his hostility toward movements that have drawn attention to police violence, challenged the...
January 7, 2021, New York – In response to yesterday’s events, the Center for Constitutional Rights put out the following statement: The violent right-wing insurrection in Washington yesterday and...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring Justice Fellow s for 9/2026 - 9/2028. The Justice Fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights is a two-year program for emerging lawyers (0-2...
Updated: October 10, 2025
September 24, 2018, New York – In response to the Trump administration’s proposal to designate hundreds of thousands of immigrants as potential “public charges,” the Center for Constitutional Rights...
August 12, 2013, New York – In a landmark decision today, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s highly controversial stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional. In...
October 15, 2014, New York – Today, attorneys in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) landmark class action stop-and-frisk lawsuit, Floyd v. City of New York , urged a three-judge panel...
February 5, 2018, New York –Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the New York City Council Committee on...
July 16, 2010, New York --The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today issued the following statement in response to Governor Paterson signing into law a bill that will protect the identities of...
This page contains summaries and transcripts from each day of the Floyd v. City of New York trial. The transcript is at the end of each day’s update. #NYPDonTrial ul.drawers,ul.drawers ul{...
Updated: May 26, 2016
May 14, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded to new NYPD data showing the highest rate of unlawful stop-and-frisk to date during the first quarter of...
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