Thanks to Donald Trump, the concept of a “Muslim registry” has become part of the public political discourse. Well-meaning allies have promised that they will be among the first to sign up if such a...
While tech industry CEOs were cozying up to Trump , tech workers were modeling what resistance in the industry to the president-elect should look like. In an extraordinary letter , more than 1,200...
Case Scheduled Inauguration Week, Newly Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency December 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme...
Whether it’s taking on the federal government, powerful corporations, or the NYPD, CCR never backs down from a fight when marginalized communities and individuals have suffered injustice. And we don’...
January 2017 in Washington is a month history won’t soon forget—and for us at CCR, it’s especially meaningful. We will be at the Supreme Court, arguing Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly known as Turkmen v...
Accountability for Racial, Religious Profiling Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency, Attorneys Say January 18, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, in the last case heard during the Obama administration,...
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend in their cells in the SHU, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison conditions...
Sanctuary cities. Everybody is talking about them. Less than two weeks ago, New York City Mayor de Blasio said “ we will go to court immediately ” if President Trump cuts federal funding because of...
Background: From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and of Association had some strong words for the U.S. Congress during his testimony to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission last Tuesday. Speaking...
