Despite this ruling, the legal fight continues and the government has no legal authority to re-detain him until the appeals process is fully concluded January 15, 2026, Philadelphia — Today, in a...
February 15, 2017...“We're sponsoring and participating in Friday's action because lawyers, like everyone else, need to be counted upon to stand up to any and all illegal actions of this and future presidencies,”...
July 12, 2017Immigration lawyers and advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and other government officials alleging that border officers have violated the...
March 22, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the judge presiding over the court martial of alleged Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning,...
June 5, 2008, New York – Late yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) received the government's reply brief in their case demanding that the government comply with requests to turn over...
August 21, 2013 – In anticipation of tomorrow’s New York City Council override vote on the Community Safety Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: We...
Move Will Harm Immigrants, Their Families, and Public Health, Advocates Say January 27, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Attorneys for plaintiffs in Make the Road New York v. Cuccinelli condemned a United...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shayana Kadidal will speak on Civil Liberties vs. National Security in Phoenix on November 6th. Constitutional and civil rights developments in the U.S. since 9/11 have had...
Updated: October 20, 2014
December 6, 2012, New York – In a long-standing civil rights lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the firm of DLA Piper against the New York City Board of Education, a...
There has been dramatic growth in the number of people held in local jails in New York State in the last decade, with the total capacity of jails in upstate New York and Long Island increasing by 20...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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