...“The fact that we don’t have evidence is a result of the system of slavery, where burial grounds were unmarked,” said Pam Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is...
On July 19, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into law the Family Connections bill, which states that prison telephone service is a right and not a revenue generator. "Words cannot describe...
- Ken Saro Wiwa was a Niger delta activist but fought actively for the emancipation of his Ogoni people in Rivers state - His campaign for the liberation of his people was unbearable to the then...
Opponents of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline gathered at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge on Wednesday (Dec. 6) to demand the release of messages between state agencies and the companies...
...Attorney Pam Spees is with the Center for Constitutional Rights and represents landowners. She says if not stopped by the courts companies can do whatever they wan t, as far as taking property in...
...“ It is extremely disturbing that people who want to walk across a bridge in one of the most fundamental forms of peaceful protest are facing up to 15 years in prison,” said Pam Spees of the...
July 21, 2010, New York and Charlottesville, VA – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) today filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Virginia...
A group of landowners has filed a lawsuit alleging Bayou Bridge Pipeline has trespassed on their properties and the land has been damaged without their consent; the group also claims that...
...Through eminent domain, the government would be allowed to use private property for public use, a process the landowners question as being constitutionally permissible given the fact that the...
A lawsuit filed against Caterpillar corporation is seeking compensatory damages and an order to enjoin Caterpillar sales of bulldozers until Israel stops its practice of home demolitions.
