Lawsuit targets St. James Parish Council for Decades of Discriminatory Land Use Practices Oct 7, 2024, New Orleans – Today, before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, groups representing residents of...
Landowners Awarded $10,000 Each Plus Attorneys Fees July 16, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana ruled that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company...
June 11, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a response in district court to the government’s recent...
Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial and gender justice; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI)...
Letters Raise Alarming New Information about Cancer Risks, Company’s Failure to Protect Residents and Alert Parish About Burial Grounds of Enslaved People December 23, 2019, St. James, LA – Today,...
New legal documents seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, George Tenet, and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers for their alleged role in abuses...
September 23, 2009, New York – In response to news the Attorney General is establishing new policy on the question of the use of the state secrets privilege, the Center for Constitutional...
Recent move by Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group reveal further proof of the private prison industry’s culture of secrecy Today, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and The GEO...
Ramon Mejía is an eighth grade social studies teacher and the Field Organizer for About Face: Veterans Against the War, an organization dedicated to building a movement of service members and...
November 24, 2009, Albany, NY – Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of the State of New York affirmed the dismissal of Walton v. New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) . The...
