June 19, 2017The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to former President George W. Bush's attorney general, FBI chief and other officials, ruling they cannot be sued over the treatment of detainees,...
March 27, 2020...Mitchell’s group, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a trespassing lawsuit against Bayou Bridge, working with the Aaslestads and another landowner, Theda...
July 1, 2022... One hundred and fifteen justices have served on the Supreme Court since its founding in 1789 . Not one has been a Black woman. Ilya Shapiro, a popular conservative legal scholar recently...
June 2013Last week, for the first time ever, an international body asked questions about the Vatican’s handling of widespread and systemic rape and sexual violence. Last Wednesday, survivors of rape and...
April 21, 2017One day in February 2007, Rachel Meeropol stumbled upon a news story about a “secretive” and perhaps illegal prison unit “isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern prisoners,” which had sprung up like newly...
January 2, 2014 , Washington – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) petitioned the Supreme Court to review their case challenging surveillance by the National...
Film premier of “If a Tree Falls” featuring the story of CCR plaintiff Daniel McGowan’s prosecution as an “eco-terrorist.” CCR currently represents Daniel and his wife...
Updated: July 8, 2011
New York, July 28th – On Monday, August 1, the City of New York will be asked at a trial in federal court in Brooklyn how it intends to remedy its 40-year history of racial discrimination...
CCR's Executive Director Vince Warren will take the stage at Grammy award-winning musician Esperanza Spalding's Spotlight on Guantánamo concert on Wednesday, January 29. During this night of...
Updated: February 5, 2014
January 2007Until the PM's official apology rolled out of the fax machine, Arar's legal team couldn't be sure of success in quest for justice.
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