August 3, 2010, Washington, DC and New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and...
CDCR in Violation of Settlement June 3, 2019, Oakland, CA – The Center for Constitutional Rights has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold two district court rulings that found the...
April 22, 2014, Boston – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the full First Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling by a three-judge appellate panel dismissing...
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
We Are All Arizona! National Day of Action against SB 1070 Law March Across the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday, July 29 th On July 29th, as SB 1070 is set to be implemented in Arizona, join thousands...
Position Summary: First draft writer and editor for a broad range of products for the Center for Constitutional Rights; loves digging into social justice and civil and international human rights’...
On January 18, 2017, CCR will argue the last case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during Obama’s presidency, Ziglar v. Abbasi , which by the time it is decided may become the most important...
Accountability for Racial, Religious Profiling Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency, Attorneys Say January 18, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, in the last case heard during the Obama administration,...
This year’s cohort will join the Legal, Communications, and Executive Departments June 5, 2019, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed 16 summer interns to its offices this week...
In decisions about what cases to take and in our assessment of the outcome of a case, CCR looks beyond a narrow legal lens and considers above all a case’s value to the social movements of which it...
