June 24, 2015On the night of June 27, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a seedy mob-controlled gay bar on Christopher Street in New York City. It was one of thousands of such raids that routinely took place...
October 3, 2022Join us in New Orleans for two back-to-back events! We are pleased to extend an invitation to two very special events in New Orleans this week to celebrate and strengthen the movement to end Jim Crow...
By Bill Quigley, Associate Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans . “Our...
Updated: January 19, 2012
February 25, 2024...“In the history of U.S. terrorism law, Palestine is the elephant in the room,” said Darryl Li, an anthropologist and legal scholar at the University of Chicago and author of the report. The legal...
NYU School of Law's American Constitution Society and Law Students for Human Rights are pleased to announce a panel discussion on National Security and Detainee Policy in the Obama...
Updated: March 26, 2009
This paper is released as part of our 100 Days white paper series . Amend the War Powers Resolution provides an overview of executive abuse of war-making power, and calls for restoring checks and...
Updated: June 26, 2009
August 16, 2015The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday submitted a sealed document [The Guardian report] in opposition to the habeas corpus petition of Tariq Ba Odah, despite a 2009...
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED From the leader of the “free world” to the leader of a worldwide faith, each person must be subject to the rule of law. Where national legal systems are...
Updated: November 23, 2011
What is SB185? On May 8, 2025, Governor Brian Kemp signed SB185 , a new law that bans the use of state money or resources for gender dysphoria healthcare in Georgia prisons. This law prevents people...
Updated: March 11, 2026
Nahal Zamani is an Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she directs advocacy and campaigns in the U.S. Nahal’s advocacy portfolio includes challenging the NYPD’s...
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