January 26, 2017..."In 2001, it was basically just Michael Ratner running around waving a writ of habeas corpus. We couldn't find even find local legal counsel in some cases," said Baher Azmy, the legal director of...
April 6, 2017...Darius Charney, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, said some police departments, like New York City, can have officers accused of misconduct go through a public disciplinary...
Join CCR and co-counsel for oral argument in Al Bihani v. Trump before Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan. The argument will take place at 11:00 am in Courtroom 26A in the U.S. District Court for the...
Updated: June 12, 2018
February 22, 2019...Angelo Guisado, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said DHS carried out the operation aware that it could send hundreds of people to immigration courts, which do not have the...
May 17, 2021...Attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights are representing Diamond in her quest to be transferred to a female prison. Her lawsuit, filed in November...
December 21, 2023...The policy blunted the technology’s potential for accountability in other ways. Officers could decide when to start filming, instead of at the beginning of all interactions as the public wanted...
This lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief from the Trump administration’s express targeting of plaintiffs for categorical, unjustified, and unconstitutional punishment by incarceration in...
Updated: April 23, 2025
February 2010The Justice Department does not suggest disciplining of former Bush administration who authorized waterboarding.
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Updated: March 10, 2008
On April 9, 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a civil complaint with the Department of Homeland Security regarding the mistreatment of detainees at the Port Isabel Detention...
Updated: September 18, 2012
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