CCR is proud to co-sponsor an important discussion with Arun Kundnani organized by Asian American Writers Workshop about his new book The Muslims are Coming! The new front in the War on Terror is the...
Updated: March 13, 2014
December 8, 2014, New York – In response to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s call today that Governor Andrew Cuomo grant him the power to investigate in instances of...
CCR advocacy program manager Aliya Hussain will participate in an evening symposium, What Does it Mean to Make Art at Guantanamo? , as part of the ongoing exhibit Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo...
Updated: September 26, 2017
Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has implicitly and explicitly approved of the institution of slavery and the racial caste system it necessitated. That legacy has deeply influenced how our...
Updated: March 26, 2021
While she did not halt the use of stop-and-frisk, Scheindlin appointed a federal court monitor to oversee a series of reforms. The city appealed Scheindlin’s ruling, saying it made officers...
Updated: November 1, 2013
False Information Created by Bureau of Prisons Continues to Affect Released Prisoners, Must Be Expunged W ashington, D.C., May 10, 2019 – Today, two men formerly imprisoned in federal Communications...
January 24, 2020, Bergen County – Today, a New Jersey court dismissed an attempt by Thomas Powers, a member of the Ramapo Hunt & Polo Club homeowners’ association, to dismantle a settlement...
July 6, 2020STARTING SOON! What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Today from 11 a.m. EDT to 12 p.m. EDT, join the Center for Constitutional Rights, The Dream Unfinished , and Lincoln Center for a live...
August 17, 2016Last Friday, August 12, marked the third anniversary of the historic ruling in Floyd v. City of New York , in which a federal court ruled the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional and...
Immigration Detainees Should Have Same Recourse as Convicted Prisoners, Attorneys Say March 15, 2018, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court...
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