Edicson David Quintero Chacón filed an amended petition for writ of habeas corpus on April 16, 2025, challenging the legality of his detention at the infamous Terrorism Confinement Center (“CECOT”)...
Updated: April 16, 2025
May 15, 2019...The Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed the lawsuit along with the SPLC and American Immigration Council, suggests the administration is misleading the public. “The Trump administration...
July 17, 2019...Immigrant support groups East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Al Otro Lado, Innovation Law Lab and Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles were named as plaintiffs. The ACLU, the Southern Poverty...
November 30, 2023...Baher Azmy, legal director of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, which is representing 13 asylum seekers allegedly harmed by the government's metering policy, said the "asylum...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Shayana Kadidal will join a panel discussion about the tragic December 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, California and subsequent heated dispute: should law enforcement be...
Updated: September 15, 2016
CCR is thrilled to be an organizational partner on Days of Remembrance and Resistance , an exhibit and series of events coordinated by the New York City Day of Remembrance Committee to shed light on...
Updated: April 19, 2018
March 21, 2022Unveiling a new open records resource to combat police surveillance of activists
On December 16, 2025, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights to inform the thematic report on definitions...
Updated: June 25, 2026
Mark your calendars for the Review of Law and Social Change’s 2022 Colloquium: Resisting Settler Colonialism , held on February 9 and 10, 2022 from 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. ET. Join organizers, legal...
Updated: February 8, 2022
On May 25, 2011, DLA Piper filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urging the United States Supreme Court to review the death sentence of Carl Puiatti. Mr...
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