In May 1981, Crockett v. Reagan was filed on behalf of 29 members of Congress who challenged U.S. military intervention in El Salvador. The case claimed that President Ronald Reagan violated the War...
Updated: October 9, 2007
“This victory isn’t only for the three plaintiffs in this case against a corporation. This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or...
Updated: September 3, 2025
June 3, 2013, New York and Ft. Meade – Today, the first day of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s trial, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement: Given that he has...
The Seattle National Lawyers Guild and the American Constitution Society are pleased to present a CLE program in Constitutional Law: Whose Right? Corporations, People and the 1st Amendment October 29...
Updated: October 21, 2010
Returning from Nicaragua in January 1985, Edward Haase, a Kansas City-based journalist, was detained for five hours by U.S. Customs and FBI officials while they seized, read, and photocopied his...
Updated: October 9, 2007
In The Nation Magazine v. Department of Defense , The Nation magazine along with the Center for Constitutional Rights charged the DOD with violating the First and Fifth Amendments in its...
Updated: October 9, 2007
In October 1983, President Ronald Reagan announced that he had ordered a pre-dawn invasion of Grenada by nearly 1,900 Marines and armed airborne troops under the code name “Urgent Fury.”...
Updated: January 20, 2010
Leaders of the National Sanctuary Collective and allied organizations filed a challenge ICE’s practice of issuing exorbitant civil fines against people who have taken sanctuary in houses of worship,...
Updated: June 22, 2023
Heidy v. United States Customs Service is a case which challenged the authority of U.S. Customs officials to seize and copy the written materials of travelers to Nicaragua. The government’s assertion...
Updated: October 22, 2007
February 3, 2010, New York, NY — Today, the National Day Laborer Organization Network (NDLON), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N...
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