On May 31, 2010, a six-boat flotilla, carrying more than 700 civilians from almost 40 countries seeking to bring humanitarian and rebuilding supplies to the Gaza Strip as well as to break the Israeli...
Updated: October 9, 2014
April 7, 2017Trump signed yet another executive order last week, this one undermining the rights of workers. The March 27, 2017, order revoked three previous orders issued by President Obama related to federal...
April 1, 2016It was the year of the Apollo 14 moon landing. On March 1, the Weather Underground took credit for a bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Later in the year, the U.S. Supreme Court would rule unanimously that...
October 28, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed a district court ruling in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) secretive...
by Peter Weiss, Vice President for the Center for Constitutional Rights "Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.” The words are those of...
Updated: January 6, 2012
Under direction of the Associate Director of Development, and consistent with the departmental plans, the Senior Major Gifts Officer is responsible for implementing all aspects of the Major Gifts...
Updated: December 2, 2019
The Bertha Social Justice Institute of the Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to co-organize the second annual People's Law Conference in New Orleans. Join fellow law students and...
Updated: April 5, 2013
April 20, 2017Originally posted on Huffington Post . Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump made no secret of his hostility toward movements that have drawn attention to police violence, challenged the...
April 8, 2014, Guantanamo Bay and Washington, DC – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client Ghaleb Al-Bihani, a Yemeni citizen who has been held without charge at Guantanamo for...
February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before...
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