Calvin Duncan is a Black exoneree, law school graduate, advocate, and current Clerk-Elect for the Criminal Court in New Orleans Parish. He is being targeted by high-level Louisiana officials for his...
Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian activist and graduate student at Columbia University who was active with Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, serving as negotiator with the university and speaking...
On April 16, 2026, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve a controversial law enforcement program known as the “Drone as First Responder” program. The program would launch drones equipped with...
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, alleging that he was the target of a conspiracy between private actors and federal...
The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks damages from the United States government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil. The complaint describes serious...
The Center for Constitutional Rights submitted a public records request seeking information from the University of Minnesota related to its withdrawal of a job offer to Israeli-American Jewish...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a complaint on behalf of the International Action Center and the Troops Out Now Coalition on Wednesday March 16 challenging the City’s policy of...
December 8, 2008, New York – This week, the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act launched a campaign to repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (AETA), a law that broadens the...
August 6, 2009, Washington, DC – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Font & Glazer, Citizen Soldier, and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark filed an appeal with the...
February 23, 2010, Washington and New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to...
