To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend in their cells in the SHU, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison conditions...
On January 18, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration...
January 24, 2017, New York – In response to news reports about Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Muslims and refugees, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:...
Rights groups offer toolkit for communities January 25, 2017, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s executive order targeting immigrants, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
On January 18, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration...
January 25, 2017, New York – In response to news reports about a new executive order concerning Guantanamo and the CIA torture program, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Lawyers in a landmark stop-and-frisk lawsuit will get more than $11 million from the city for legal fees and costs, the Daily News has learned. David Floyd claimed in a 2008 lawsuit that the NYPD’s...
..."In 2001, it was basically just Michael Ratner running around waving a writ of habeas corpus. We couldn't find even find local legal counsel in some cases," said Baher Azmy, the legal director of...
...Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights , says these aren’t small changes to immigration policy. “In the macro sense, I am very concerned that we are moving back...
... The Center for Constitutional Rights called the orders "immoral, costly and destructive." "Trump's executive order to retaliate against cities and towns that seek to protect their immigrant...
