The overlapping crises facing our global community are the result of generations of political decisions. And while we must collectively uproot oppressive ideologies and institutions, President Joe...
Updated: September 8, 2021
May 10, 2021Shifting power to the people beyond Biden’s first 100 days Today we are launching our latest federal policy agenda titled “Shifting Power to the People: A Rights-based Vision for Biden & the...
Lawsuit Filed Under Freedom of Information Act May 11, 2021, Chicago – Today, immigrant rights groups sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to compel...
May 14, 2021... Center for Constitutional Rights: "Despite today's guilty verdict, true justice for George Floyd and the other Black lives snuffed out by police has yet to be done... Derek Chauvin will now serve...
On Tuesday, May 18th, at 10:00 a.m. EST, join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Families for Freedom, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition, State Senator Julia Salazar (D18), and Assemblymember...
Updated: May 15, 2021
Michael Ratner devoted four decades of his life at the Center for Constitutional Rights as a staff attorney, legal director, and board president until his untimely death in 2016. We miss him...
Updated: June 2, 2021
It’s Pride Month, a month that centers the radical legacy of Black and Brown queer and trans people who rose up against police brutality and state violence. This month and every month we honor and...
Updated: June 21, 2021
It’s Pride Month, a month that centers the radical legacy of Black and Brown queer and trans people who rose up against police brutality and state violence. This month and every month we...
Updated: June 16, 2021
July 8, 2021... Darius Charney, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, faced off against the Law Department when he litigated the yearslong stop-and-frisk trial Floyd v. City of New York...
July 8, 2021... More importantly, the policy's definition of "reasonable suspicion" has not been sufficiently defined to prevent stops of people on baseless observations, making it impossible to implement...
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