January 7, 2016Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights, two organizations headquartered in New York City, said they hoped the settlement would prompt de Blasio to speak out against profiling. "...
April 16, 2016The United States on Saturday transferred nine Yemeni detainees from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, completing a long-sought diplomatic deal ahead of a planned visit to Riyadh...
June 17, 2016Eight years ago in February, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was officially charged with war crimes and murder. Three attempted trials and countless...
September 22, 2016...Vincent Warren, the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which challenged New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy in court, said the tactic effectively treated “race as a...
September 21, 2016Taking on criminalization of animal-rights activists as terrorists, an attorney told the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday that even minor damage to a Whole Foods could trigger the law. The Center for...
October 11, 2016The Supreme Court limped its way into a dispute over post-9/11 detentions Tuesday, announcing that it will hear a long-running lawsuits on the issue but also indicating that only the bare minimum of...
October 11, 2016The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether officials in President George W. Bush’s administration — including John Ashcroft, the former attorney general, and Robert Mueller, the former FBI...
January 13, 2017H igh theater was on full display during Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general this week. He fielded compliments on his character and knocked softball...
January 22, 2017Wells Dixon, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represented the Algerian prisoner, said the Obama administration's instinct to fight off legal challenges...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Britney Wilson will join a panel discussion as part of the University of Pennsylvania Law School's public interest week. The conversation will be alongside other UPenn Law...
Updated: February 24, 2017
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