Post-9/11, the Bush administration has expanded the use of the state secrets privilege (SSP) to withhold evidence and dismiss cases that challenge the administration in U.S. courts. In doing so, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
January 11, 2018Today, the Guantanamo prison enters its 17 th year. 41 Muslim men still languish there, trapped in an ever-present reminder of their captors’ official experiment with torture. Five of them have long...
On Monday, April 7, 2008, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute (HRI) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will co-host a conference, THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTER-AMERICAN...
Updated: April 1, 2008
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a petition in Louisiana state court seeking the release of records relating to the St. Charles Sheriff's travel and communications regarding TigerSwan LLC...
Updated: December 9, 2023
July 27, 2020, New York – Students asked New York’s Appellate Court on Friday to reject an effort by Fordham University to overturn a decision ordering the school to recognize the Students for...
June 5, 2008, New York —“Today’s sham proceedings further illustrate the absurd nature of the process this White House has established at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government admits it only intends to...
On March 2, 2015, CCR and Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS) sent a letter to University of Toledo President Nagi Naganathan, urging the University to comply with its obligations under the...
Updated: March 3, 2015
September 23, 2022...It makes more sense to look at the reality of those shared values. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights ( CCR ), since 2001, when Present Bush declared the alleged War On Terror, 780...
CCR is proud to endorse the #NoMuslimBanEver campaign and help mobilize communities and allies in the weeks leading up to October 18, 2017, the date the latest iteration of Trump's travel ban will go...
Updated: October 13, 2017
Federal Court grants class certification in case challenging Trump administration turnback immigration policy August 6, 2020, San Diego – A federal judge has granted class certification in Al Otro...
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