New York, NY – Today, Black firefighters ask the court to rule in their favor in a lawsuit charging the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) with discriminatory hiring practices. The case, filed by the...
Our May 4 vigil is co-sponsored by the Prison Watch, Healing Justice and Immigrant Rights Programs of the American Friends Service Committee. We will be focusing on the issues of solitary confinement...
Briggs v. Goodwin is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) led a team of lawyers in successfully defending leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, known as the “...
The county redistricting cases include several lawsuits filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenging redistricting plans of counties across the United States for the discriminatory...
Dotson v. City of Indianola, Mississippi is a case in which the city was compelled to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The City of Indianola, Mississippi, annexed adjacent areas and thereby reduced...
Drew Municipal School District v. Andrews is a lawsuit that the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed on behalf of two Black women against the Drew Municipal School District for refusing to...
DuVernay v. United States is a lawsuit in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the exclusion of Black people from draft boards in predominately Black neighborhoods. In the 1960...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) took on the case of Hess v. Schlesinger in 1973 because it concerned the treatment of women as an extension of their husbands. In this case, CCR challenged...
Jeanette Rankin Brigade v. Capitol Police arose when a group of protestors was arrested under a federal statute that prohibited demonstrating, walking, or standing in groups on the Capitol grounds...
Kinoy v. Mitchell is a 1986 case which challenged government electronic surveillance on the grounds that it violates attorney-client privilege. The widespread use of illegal electronic surveillance...
