Download the Crime Against Nature Factsheet Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature statute, which dates back to the 19th century, is an archaic law founded on moral disapproval of what kinds of sex acts...
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” Those are the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,...
Last week, CCR learned that Engine 234 in Crown Heights, the fire company of Paul Washington, former President of the Vulcan Society , the fraternal organization of Black firefighters in the FDNY, a...
CCR and Muslim Advocates have entered into a settlement agreement with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) , ending litigation over the NYPD’s suspicionless surveillance of Muslim Americans in...
“Are we going to pretend they’re less than men and walk away?” This beautiful line from Peace Poet Luke Nephew’s piece, “ There is a Man Under the Hood ,” anchors Witness Against Torture’s new...
The Trump administration is separating Yemeni-American families. We're suing to reunite them. [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Thursday, we filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for...
October 4, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court said it would not take up a warrantless surveillance case, Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA) , filed by the Center for...
15 de Noviembre de 2012, Nueva York, Paris, La Haya - El Centro por los Derechos Constitucionales (“CCR”, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Federación Internacional de los...
Former US Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was reportedly punished with solitary confinement for giving legal advice to his fellow inmates, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. An anonymous source...