The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is deeply dismayed at the Obama Administration’s claim that it can continue military attacks on Libya without Congressional approval as...
October 11, 2016The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether former high-ranking government officials can be sued for a "hold until cleared" policy intended to identify potential terrorists in the days after...
October 9, 2020... The legal battle started in 2013 when CLEAR , an advocacy initiative at the City University of New York (CUNY), sued the federal government on behalf of Tanvir. Soon after the Center for...
August 5, 2022...Immigrant Defense Project and Center for Constitutional Rights have previously noted ICE agents tricking immigrants in the New York area. “In 2015, ICE agents came to the door of a home in...
December 9, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents Guantanamo detainees and coordinates the work of hundreds of pro bono attorneys on legal cases...
March 19, 2016In the last comprehensive review of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. government decided nearly 50 were ‘‘too dangerous to transfer but not feasible for prosecution,’’ leaving them in an...
August 16, 2018... But Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer Pamela C. Spees, who is heading SMUG’s legal team, said it’s no win for Lively. The minister and his lawyers “clearly wanted the language taken out,”...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with Amnesty International on a pre-release screening of The Report , a feature film that brings to life the story behind the...
Updated: October 28, 2019
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...
Updated: October 3, 2018
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