January 15, 2020... “Today, the court rejected the Trump administration’s claims that it cannot wait to implement its dangerous and discriminatory public charge policy,” said the team spearheading the lawsuit, led...
January 16, 2020...The opponents’ legal team for Make the Road New York, The Legal Aid Society and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued a competing statement that “the court rejected the Trump administration’...
May 19, 2023…The unveiling honored two prominent Black law professionals with New Jersey ties: Rashad Shabaka-Burns , former trial court administrator of the Morris/Sussex Vicinage, and Donita Judge, associate...
Soto v. Romero-Barcelo was a case which brought suit to uncover FBI involvement in the killing of young pro-independence activists at Cerro Maravilla, Puerto Rico. The case led to substantial awards...
Updated: October 22, 2007
September 2008"The U.S. government has quietly recast policies that affect the way information is gathered from U.S. citizens and others crossing the border and what is done with it, including relaxing a two-...
March 2010The NYC Council and Public Safety Committee call on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to end the practice of archiving digital files on all individuals, including the innocent, who are stopped by police...
Former US Solicitor General Gregory Garre (Latham & Watkins), Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren , Seton Hall Professor Baher Azmy , and Cardozo's Vijay...
Updated: January 25, 2010
December 2009In Turkmen v. Ashcroft , a case filed on behalf of Arab and Muslim non-citizens who were subjected to prolonged and abusive detention in the wake of 9/11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
Dombrowski v. Eastland is a government misconduct case in which Dr. James Dombrowski filed suit against the chairperson of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...
Updated: March 7, 2023
April 2015"Steven Salaita is fighting back against the University’s action to dismiss his civil rights lawsuit against the Board of Trustees, University administrators and unnamed donors. Salaita and the...
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