The Supreme Court ruled against two private prison corporations, GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America, which sought to block the release of records related to government contracts with...
- Ken Saro Wiwa was a Niger delta activist but fought actively for the emancipation of his Ogoni people in Rivers state - His campaign for the liberation of his people was unbearable to the then...
Opponents of the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline gathered at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge on Wednesday (Dec. 6) to demand the release of messages between state agencies and the companies...
...Attorney Pam Spees is with the Center for Constitutional Rights and represents landowners. She says if not stopped by the courts companies can do whatever they wan t, as far as taking property in...
...“ It is extremely disturbing that people who want to walk across a bridge in one of the most fundamental forms of peaceful protest are facing up to 15 years in prison,” said Pam Spees of the...
On February 20, 2007, The Court of Appeals ruled that a constitutional challenge brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of New York family members who pay a grossly inflated rate...
A group of landowners has filed a lawsuit alleging Bayou Bridge Pipeline has trespassed on their properties and the land has been damaged without their consent; the group also claims that...
...Through eminent domain, the government would be allowed to use private property for public use, a process the landowners question as being constitutionally permissible given the fact that the...
...Pam Spees is worried about the bill language concerning conspiracy. A lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, Spees has represented various groups that have fought Bayou Bridge and state...
