February 2, 2017Today marks the five-year anniversary since NYPD officer Richard Haste killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham in his Bronx home. The five-day departmental trial of Officer Haste wrapped up last week, and...
August 2, 2016, New York – In response to the resignation of Commissioner Bratton, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Darius Charney made the following statement: We hope and fully expect the...
The US Human Rights Network’s 2017 national conference will be a space for collective healing, reflection, and cooperative strategy. In 2017, a new federal administration rose to power using...
Updated: November 21, 2017
March 4, 2022The Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
July 15, 2016, Albany – Today, the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black New York City firefighters, along with their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the...
Watch CCR Executive Director Vince Warren and former deputy legal adviser to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center Vicki Divoll in conversation on an episode of the Bill Moyers show titled, " The...
Updated: February 5, 2013
December 17, 2009, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) asked a federal judge to amend her decision granting an injunction against Congress’ unconstitutional de-...
May 10, 2013 -- Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined the mounting opposition to so-called "ag-gag" legislation--state laws that would criminalize undercover investigations...
Updated: March 5, 2015
June 7, 2024...A 2018 lawsuit alleging discriminatory traffic enforcement practices by the Buffalo Police Department is seeking the go-ahead from the federal court to proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The...
CCR Staff Attorney Alexis Agathocleous will speak on a Legal Advocacy Clinic 101 workshop panel at the Sex & Justice Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan October 5th. The event will take place from...
Updated: October 1, 2012
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