October 20, 2021Colonialism is generally not a topic of discussion or analysis in constitutional law studies in the United States. Yet U.S. constitutional law has both shaped and been shaped by projects of colonial...
The Institute for Policy Studies, Haymarket Books, and the Center for Constitutional Rights present “Grasping at the Root: White Supremacy and the So-Called “War on Terror,” ...
Updated: October 27, 2021
Six Incarcerated People Challenging Lifetime Ban on Parole for Those Convicted of Felony Murder October 25, 2021, Harrisburg, PA ‒ A lawsuit brought by six people serving mandatory Death-By-...
November 5, 2021... The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is now considering whether a legal challenge to the state’s practice of denying parole hearings to people serving life sentences for certain second-degree murder...
Billionaire Investor Chris James, hailed as a green hero, is behind project seeking to make use of an old zoning ordinance shrouded in corruption that threatens the health, culture, and very...
Charles Watts is a 51-year-old Black man on whose behalf the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a motion for “compassionate release” in federal court on November 9, 2021.
Updated: December 2, 2022
Convicted under an application of a “stacking” law that has since been amended, the first-time offender would get a 25-year sentence today November 9, 2021, New York – Today, a 51-year-old Black man...
Conditions at immigration detention centers are often atrocious, but Black immigrants face unique abuse solely because of their race. Reports from several detention centers in the South have...
Updated: November 15, 2021
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, the Center for...
Updated: November 16, 2021
November 18, 2021, Washington D.C. ‒ Family members of people disappeared and executed by police and paramilitary units in Kenya say the U.S. government is funding and fueling these abuses, and are...
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