Reaction to Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination was swift but generally muted, as lawmakers, activists, advocates and pundits promised a thorough examination of her views. Though one Republican...
" Steven Salaita, an academic whose contract for tenured professorship was abruptly terminated by the University of Illinois board of trustees last September for tweets critical of Israel, has filed...
... “…We believe this goes all the way up to Bill Bratton as Police Commissioner,” said Nahal Damani, advocacy program manager for the Center for Constitutional rights. “It’s under his watch, it’s...
A second animal rights activist was sentenced Wednesday in a case dating back to 2014, in which two men were accused of releasing some 2,000 minks from a fur farm in Morris, Illinois. ... ... The...
...In a letter delivered to the Obama administration on Monday, the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC, blasted NSEERS for being "ineffective as a counterterrorism tool" and causing...
It was September 2001, two weeks after 19 Muslim hijackers carried out the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Federal authorities never found any connection between Abbasi, a 28-year-old yellow...
With the no-fly list’s processes already found unconstitutional, judges on the Second Circuit argued Wednesday over whether FBI agents who used it to pressure Muslims into becoming informants should...
... In a release from the Center for Constitutional Rights, plaintiff Naveed Shinwari said he was "gratified that the court has recognized my right to be free from religious discrimination." He added...
... A heavily redacted version of the internal document was released but left key questions unanswered. The NAACP, Free Press, Color Of Change, the Brennan Center For Justice, American Civil...
...A heavily redacted version of the internal document was released but left key questions unanswered. The NAACP, Free Press, Color Of Change, the Brennan Center For Justice, American Civil Liberties...