Paris, New York, December 7, 2007 – Human rights groups issued an open letter [attached below] yesterday to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner detailing dangerous repercussions of a decision to...
Profile of Ahmad Abdulahad Ahmad Abdulahad is a thirty-eight year old ethnic Uighur who, until his release to Palau in October 2009, was unlawfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. The United...
Updated: January 15, 2010
In episode 57 of The Activist Files, we’ll hear a discussion around Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that went before the Supreme Court on April 22, 2024. According to the National Homelessness Law...
Updated: May 10, 2024
By Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Scott Paltrowitz, Volunteer Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer equated...
Updated: November 10, 2011
Roles are new positions for the social justice organization Dec. 13, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights will welcome Donita Judge as its associate executive director and Nadia Ben-...
The NAACP represented a class of over 6,000 African Americans in Chicago who applied to become firefighters. They won the case in 2005 when a federal court found that the hiring exam had illegally...
Updated: December 15, 2009
Coker v. Georgia is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, together with a broad range of other women's legal organizations, on...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Alobahy v. Trump was a federal lawsuit on behalf of three Yemeni-Americans against President Trump, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security for the unlawful revocation of...
Updated: September 3, 2019
Non-profit, grassroots organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees to challenge a Trump administration asylum ban rule.
Updated: February 17, 2021
The community organization Concerned Citizens of St. John sued the St. John the Baptist School Board, School District, and superintendent over the school’s refusal to respond to public records...
Updated: January 6, 2021
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