... “It’s very hard, legally, to challenge emergency orders based on public-health laws,” said Angelo Guisado, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. A court that’s reluctant to...
...Paul van Zyl, formerly of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and the Center for Constitutional Rights' Vince Warren discuss lessons from South Africa for the U.S. ... Read the...
June 7, 2020, New York – Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful...
On June 8, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, and Philando Castile, together with over 600 rights groups led by the...
We honor Juneteenth—the celebration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States—by envisioning a world freer than the one in which we currently live. Each year since the June 19, 1865 reading...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to partner with CultureHub and La MaMa as part of La Mama LiveTalks , conversations with artists, activists and thought leaders from around the country...
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Office of the Governor PO Box 94004 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 June 15, 2020 Re: Black Leaders Support RISE St. James' Demand for a Moratorium on Petrochemical Industry...
June 12, 2020, New York – In response to Governor Cuomo signing the Safer NY Act into law, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below. The Safer Act comprises the Police...
We honor the 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth—the celebration of the end of chattel slavery in the U.S.—by envisioning a world more free than the one in which we currently live. We remember our elders...
In this conversation, the last of a four-part series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19 , Samah Mcgona Sisay and Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Associate maya finoh discuss...
