For decades, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have experienced threats to their health and wellbeing from an outdated, failing public water system. For the past three years, this predominantly...
Updated: December 1, 2025
This case aims to end the state of Pennsylvania’s mandatory imposition of death-by-incarceration sentences, otherwise known as life without parole, for Derek Lee and others convicted of felony murder...
Updated: March 26, 2026
Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James brought this action against St. James Parish for its decades of environmental racism and discriminatory siting of industrial...
Updated: June 19, 2026
The Center for Constitutional Rights created the Ella Baker Summer Internship Program in 1987 to honor the legacy of Ella Baker, a hero of the civil rights movement, and to train the next generation...
Updated: September 5, 2025
January 4, 2023After decades of detention and abuses, thirty-five Muslim men remain in the prison
January 11, 2023 – Today, on the 21st anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: President Biden has...
Charles Watts, sentenced under obsolete version of “stacking” law, wins motion in federal court January 4, 2023, New York – Today, a 52-year-old Black man sentenced to 92 years in prison for...
Join justice advocates, activists, and attorneys in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2023, the 21st anniversary of the opening of the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. We will gather...
Updated: January 6, 2023
Please join the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) and the Center for Constitutional Rights on Thursday, January 12, at the D.C. Court of Appeals in support of Palestine solidarity...
Updated: January 11, 2023
January 11, 2023 – Today, on the 21st anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: President Biden has...
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