As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
August 30, 2013 – In response to signals from the Obama administration that it will pursue U.S. military intervention in Syria in the wake of attacks last week, the Center for Constitutional...
September 13 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that six new plaintiffs have joined a federal, class action lawsuit, Turkmen v. Ashcroft, challenging their...
August 10, 2023, San Diego, CA – On Wednesday a group of asylum seekers moved to block the Biden administration’s unlawful policy of turning back people seeking asylum at ports of entry along the...
I joined the Center for Constitutional Rights through the Ella Baker Summer Fellowship Program to understand better how I, when I become a lawyer, can be more responsive and accountable to social...
On November 22, 2004, a group of protesters and bystanders wrongfully arrested during the Republican National Convention last August filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the almost 2,000 who...
With the release of the Senate CIA Torture Report earlier this month, the torture debate is going strong. Despite President Obama’s admission that “we crossed a line” and “...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent Illinois State Senators on the Higher Education Committee a letter on March 4, 2014 urging them to oppose pending legislation that would withhold state...
Jessica Vosburgh is a Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she focuses on litigation and advocacy in collaboration with grassroots partners in the South. She is based in...
Please join the NY Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Al-Awda NY, and DRUM for this important event. When: Saturday May 21st Where: 56 Walker St. in lower Manhattan- Any train to Canal St., two blocks...
