Shortly after a recent gala celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Center for Constitutional rights (CCR), received word that the U.S. Supreme Court is going to take another look at a favorable...
..."Until the rise of Trumpism, it had been universally recognized that Japanese internment was one of the most shameful episodes in our country's history, yet in this new era it is becoming an...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will give the keynote address at the annual Western Regional National Black Law Students Association (WRNBLSA) Convention in Seattle on January 7. His keynote will...
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Muslim men detained after the Sept. 11 attacks can't sue top U.S. law enforcement officials. The justices by a 4-2 vote ended a long-running lawsuit against former...
Sixteen years after Sept. 11, 2001, and 17 years after two suicide bombers killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole , the death penalty trials of the Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the attacks...
In a case that highlights what some are calling the “Palestine exception” to free speech on college campuses across the nation, DemocracyNow! looks at students who are suing Fordham University’s...
...Opponents of the new timetable were quick to criticize it. "The NYPD decision today seems extremely premature," said Darius Charney, a senior staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional...
..."If suspected ISIS fighters are transferred to Guantánamo I would expect that a legal challenge to their detention would be filed within days if not hours of their arrival," said Wells Dixon of...
Let's Talk It Over is a monthly live conversation hosted by Frank Barat with a pool of regular participants, including Roger Waters, Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis, and Ken Loach. This month...
... Imprisoned in Georgia, Ashley Diamond was raped 14 times by both sexually violent inmates and prison staff. This was after a guard talked about her gender identity using slurs like “freak” and “...
