Victims of post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention, and abuse in the U.S. may have the chance to sue high-level Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, a...
New York City police officers stopped more than half a million people on the streets last year, more than in any previous 12-month period in the years since the Police Department began reporting the...
...To combat the use of SLAPPs to stifle activism, progressive groups came together in 2018 to form the Protect the Protest Task Force . Jana Morgan, a Task Force member, says that more than 20...
March 19, 2015, New York – In response to the ruling by a federal judge today agreeing with the City’s proposal that the New York City police unions be consulted during the Joint Reform...
... “The court’s decision to lift the injunction is very disappointing, but our challenge to the draconian public charge rule is still moving forward,” said Ghita Schwarz, senior staff attorney at...
... Darius Charney, a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney who brought the case in New York, said he expects civil society groups to start intervening in Obama-era police reform agreements if...
Plaintiffs Allege Louisiana Economic Development, Port of South Louisiana Failed to Follow the Law Pursuing Companies in RiverPlex MegaPark in Ascension Parish Suit Contends Army Corps of Engineers...
June 14, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site in Jerusalem from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. financier...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is seeking an Advocacy Director to lead CCR’s advocacy and develop its campaign initiatives, both independently of and in conjunction with our litigation work, as...
...The Center for Constitutional Rights , along with the New York Civil Liberties Union, led the charge against the City in the federal stop and frisk litigation. “Let’s be clear, the NYCLU’s...
