July 12, 2017, Los Angeles – Today an immigrant rights group and several asylum seekers filed a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and...
On May 31, 2010, a six-boat flotilla, carrying more than 700 civilians from almost 40 countries seeking to bring humanitarian and rebuilding supplies to the Gaza Strip as well as to break the Israeli...
October 5, 2011, New York, NY – Today, in a federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Levy Ratner, P.C., and Scott & Scott, LLP, on...
Trump signed yet another executive order last week, this one undermining the rights of workers. The March 27, 2017, order revoked three previous orders issued by President Obama related to federal...
It was the year of the Apollo 14 moon landing. On March 1, the Weather Underground took credit for a bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Later in the year, the U.S. Supreme Court would rule unanimously that...
by Peter Weiss, Vice President for the Center for Constitutional Rights "Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.” The words are those of...
February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before...
November 12, 2015, Chicago – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Loevy & Loevy announced the settlement of Professor Steven Salaita’s case against the University of...
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend in their cells in the SHU, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison conditions...
January 13, 2015, Philadelphia PA – Today, attorneys from Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse a...
