December 11, 2015In an effort to quell public uproar after the release of a video showing the murder of Laquan McDonald, a Black teenager who was shot 16 times by a police officer in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
Rukia Lumumba is a legal professional and transformative justice strategist whose work focuses on the intersection of criminal and electoral justice. She believes that increased community agency will...
Amid Pandemic, Rule Exacerbates Fear of Seeking Services February 22, 2021, New York – This morning, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the government's appeal of a preliminary injunction...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is thrilled to host a virtual screening of Nationtime as part of our Freedom Flicks series and Black History Month 2021 programming. Nationtime , the late...
Updated: February 19, 2021
October 31, 2016 – In response to a federal judge’s refusal to approve a settlement between the City of New York and plaintiffs in the Handschu case related to NYPD suspicionless surveillance of...
June 7, 2024...After 9/11, everyone – immigrant and citizen, activist and spectator – became vulnerable. And a new category of suspicion fully entered the national imagination: the Muslim American. The anti-...
August 26, 2015, New York – In response to the United Kingdom’s diplomatic protest of Ecuador’s continued provision of asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
The Civil Rights Étouffée is back for a two-day CLE for civil rights counsel or attorneys who want to learn more or need CLE and love New Orleans, on February 13 - 14, 2025 . Center...
Updated: January 22, 2025
The Center for Constitutional Rights recently sent a letter to New York City Council members to urge them to oppose security perimeter bills Int. 001-B (Menin) and Int. 175-B (Dinowitz) that would...
Updated: April 2, 2026
But Muslims Who Refuse to Spy Were Removed From No-Fly List After They Sued September 3, 2015, New York – Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against 24 Federal Bureau of Investigation (...
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