October 19, 2010, New York – Today, Federal District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis issued a scathing ruling in the ongoing case against the City of New York and the Fire Department for its...
August 3, 2020Police unions are trying to block police transparency campaign #Repeal50a. We're fighting back. [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, with the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff LLP,...
February 12, 2015, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to expand a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...
August 3, 2016Recent weeks have seen courts around the country rejecting and raising concerns about voting laws that seek to keep people of color (especially Black people), low-income people, and other...
Request Preliminary Injunction for Duration of Lawsuit September 10, 2019, New York, NY – Community organizations suing the Trump administration over its proposed “public charge” rule today filed a...
Fighting for health and safety, groups ask court for role in addressing decades-long crisis September 26, 2023, Jackson, MS – Following on the heels of a major legal victory for residents’ efforts...
January 28, 2013, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), in collaboration with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), the Student Speech Working Group and other organizations, today...
Join CCR's Lauren Gazzola and others for an evening of social justice, animal rights, and vegan food! The newly formed National Lawyers Guild Animal Rights Committee will hold its first event in NYC...
Updated: September 17, 2013
Background : From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
Updated: April 25, 2017
How has Black feminism ushered in our current understanding and practice of abolition? On the 48th episode of the Activist Files, advocacy associate maya finoh speaks with Andrea Ritchie , an...
Updated: March 24, 2022
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