A U.S. District Court has ordered the Department of Defense to grant a Guantánamo detainee access to his attorney, ruling against the Bush Administration’s effort to deny him counsel for months while...
Isaiah Pickens, Jamira Burley, Purvi Shah, Marc Steiner and Jamelle Bouie join to discuss the reaction to the video this week that showed an altercation between police and teens in McKinney, Texas.
CCR's Aliya Hussain and Shayana Kadidal report live from Guantanamo about their visits with CCR clients Ghaleb Al-Bihani and Sufyian Barhoumi . Trouble seeing the video? Watch it on YouTube.
The CCR represented Seeds of Peace and Three Rivers Climate Convergence charging that police used illegal searches, vehicle seizures, raids and detentions to discourage protests at the G20 Summit. A...
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman was among 46 journalists arrested or detained during the 2008 Republican National Convention, and now she’s among plaintiffs suing law enforcement in...
The Center for Constitutional Rights has revealed that blacks and Latinos in New York are nine times more likely to be stopped on the street and "frisked" by local police officers,...
Those bipartisan skills, and her limited public comments on hot-button issues, have generally kept Republican criticism at bay andput the 50-year-old experienced lawyer and policy-maker near the top...
Melissa Harris-Perry explains why the Supreme Court's decision on one case could be among the most historical and consequential choices ever made about fair housing. Nikole Hannah-Jones and Vince...
Leo Aldridge, Puerto Rico, is a criminal defense attorney in private practice in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He previously served as a trial attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, and a federal public...
