CCR won a suit on behalf of community and grass roots radio broadcasters when a federal appeals court ruled that the "pirate provisions" governing radio licensing were "unique and...
On April 10, 2019, CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani testified during a hearing on the impact of marijuana policies on child welfare before the New York City Council Committees on Hospitals...
Updated: April 10, 2019
March 25, 2021, New York – As the City Council prepares to vote on the New York City Police Reform and Reinvention Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following response: New York...
October 22, 2021..."As the Israeli military bombed homes, clinics, and schools in Gaza and threatened to push Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem this past May, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud...
Please join New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and other police accountability movement leaders at Cardozo Law School, on Monday, January 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a critical community event on...
Updated: January 24, 2014
January 18, 2017Today, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration officials...
August 2, 2019Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a discussion at Simpson Thacher’s 6th Annual Citywide Diversity Reception with activist and Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox . Cox, who gained...
Gullah Geechee Residents on South Carolina island requested an injunction against private landowners in effort preserve burial grounds and traditions; court denied landowners’ motion to dismiss the...
Join CCR and the ACLU of Southern California for a conversation and book signing with former CCR board member David Cole, Professor of Law and Policy at Georgetown and author of Engines of...
Updated: May 24, 2016
On April 26, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of three Black activists who were manhandled and arrested while peacefully and lawfully...
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