May 23, 2016The Obama administration is defending former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III in the U.S. Supreme Court over claims they are liable for their roles in the...
This June, join CCR at the 2018 AILA Annual Conference (AC18) in San Francisco, as lawyers gather to share experiences from the last year and plan for the future. The conference boasts nearly 150...
Updated: June 6, 2018
Join Senior Staff Attorney and Associate Director of Legal Training and Education Rachel Meerpool at the continuing legal education program on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, ...
Updated: February 12, 2020
In this conversation, the last of a four-part series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19 , Samah Mcgona Sisay and Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Associate maya finoh discuss...
Updated: June 29, 2020
“It is an injustice that families of inmates are forced to pay this backdoor tax,” said Assemblyman Aubry, Chair of the Assembly Correction Committee. “This is a public safety issue because it...
July 11, 2018, Washington, D.C. – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before a federal judge in a challenge to Donald Trump’s ongoing detention of men at Guantánamo...
May 2012Last week, the New York Police Department released quarterly data on its stop-and-frisk program. The numbers are worse than ever, and they confirm everything that is wrong with this practice. From...
Dana Rasso is the Digital Engagement Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is responsible for overseeing CCR’s social media strategy and implementation. Prior to coming to the Center,...
April 15, 2022... “This case is on behalf of Black elders and all of those who have been denied redemption,” said Samah Sisay, attorney and Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights. “Through...
August 23, 2014 March for Justice / We Will not Go Back. This march for justice for all vicims of police brutality will take place in Staten Island, New York. Over the past several weeks, people...
Updated: August 21, 2014
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