Four years ago tomorrow, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees have a right to challenge the legality of their detention in federal court. The case, Boumediene v. Bush, was at the time...
In a correspondence between Jack Goldsmith and CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy, Professor Goldsmith credits Michael Ratner and the Center for Constitutional Rights for initiating—and consistently...
CCR Executive Director, Vince Warren, explains the importance and need of closing Guantánamo, before its travesty of justice continues into another decade.
New York City will settle its long-running legal battle over the Police Department’s practice of stopping, questioning and often frisking people on the street — a divisive issue at the...
by Lori Gruen February 10, 2014 Activism for animal rights should be protected as free speech, not equated with heinous crimes A few years ago, I moved to a rural area. During hunting season I am...
Muslim Americans and civil rights groups are criticizing a federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit alleging the New York City Police Department illegally spied on Muslim Americans in New Jersey...
Now we know who’s to blame for any harm the police cause by secretly spying on Muslims. It’s not the officers who infiltrate religious groups and monitor their activities in hopes of...
Religious profiling is okay, as long as you have a really good reason. That’s the logic behind a decision reached by federal judge William Martini Thursday, in dismissing a lawsuit against New...
Nicholas K. Peart, a witness in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights against racial profiling, has been stopped and frisked by New York City police officers at least five times...
