Harris v. McRae is a class action lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenging federal restrictions on Medicaid funds for medically necessary abortions. In the wake of...
Updated: October 22, 2007
Monell v. Department of Social Services is a case in which the New York City Board of Education awarded compensation for female employees who had been forced to take maternity leave. This case, which...
Updated: October 22, 2007
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Muntaqim v. Coombe that challenged the state law which disenfranchised those...
Updated: October 22, 2007
The population of Hempstead, New York, which covers the heart of Long Island’s Nassau County, is 13 percent Black and Latino, but all of its six Republican council members lived in...
Updated: February 15, 2012
In the depths of the Sonora Desert an unidentified body is found decomposing under the hot sun. The only marker is an exposed tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal”. Join the Bertha Justice...
Updated: September 8, 2014
Attorney for State Police Threatens Community Leaders with Felonies Carrying up to 15 Years Imprisonment if They Attempt to Walk Across Bridges May 31, 2019, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Today, a judge...
Join us in Washington DC on April 28 and 29 for an “International Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control”hosted by CODEPINK, Reprieve, and the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Updated: April 24, 2012
June 1, 2016This week, CCR welcomed its 2016 Class of Ella Baker Summer Legal Interns. Each year, CCR receives hundreds of applications from students around the world interested in learning from us and growing...
September 10, 2018CCR is excited to be part of a new coalition, Protect the Protest (PTP), which launched Tuesday. PTP brings together civil liberties, human rights, and environmental groups to push back against...
September 14, 2017, New York – In response to reports that a United States citizen fighting for the Islamic State in Syria has been taken into U.S. custody, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
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