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February 7, 2017, New York – A complaint documenting the systematic deprivation of rights at airports around the country over the past ten days in connection with Donald Trump’s January 27, 2017...
On Capitol Hill, debate has begun over forming a truth commission to shed light on the Bush administration’s secret polices on detention, interrogation and domestic spying. A hearing on the issue was...
Data for Progress, ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Women’s March, and two dozen other organizations release report and united policy platform on decriminalizing sex...
February 10, 2010, New York, Jerusalem, Geneva, Los Angeles – Today, parties defending a 12th Century Muslim cemetery and holy site from desecration by Israeli authorities and a U.S. developer...
St. James Parish’s discriminatory land use system violates the Constitution, has roots in slavery January 28, 2026, New Orleans – Groups representing Black residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley...
November 2013By Erwin Chemerinsky November 5, 2013 Judges are human and sometimes getting caught up in the emotions of high profile cases causes them to make serious errors. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court...
This Important Decision Comes After ICE Sent Mr. Khalil to a Detention Facility in Louisiana, Almost 1500 Miles Away From His Family April 1, 2025, Newark, N.J. – The U.S. District Court for the...
June 16, 2020This is the last in a four-part series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. It also appears as the latest episode of the Center for Constitutional Rights podcast, The Activist Files...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
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