“We hope the Supreme Court will recognize how dangerous the Third Circuit’s decision was, not just for Mahmoud but for other non-citizens the administration has its vengeful sights upon,” Baher Azmy...
On December 16, 2025, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights to inform the thematic report on definitions...
The 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States on July 4, 2026, is an opportunity to offer a coherent counternarrative to a history of erasure, domination, and repression, to elevate...
Emily C. R. Early serves as the Associate Director of CCR South. Her primary responsibilities include leading the expansion of CCR South’s engagement in movement litigation and advocacy and...
OVERVIEW Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident, has sued senior Trump administration officials and private anti-Palestinian groups for conspiring to...
Citing anti-KKK law, suit details a plot stretching from White House to Heritage Foundation and other anti-Palestinian groups July 14, 2026, New York – Mahmoud Khalil today sued senior Trump...
At a news conference on Tuesday, Khalil described the purpose of the latest filing as “exposing the network of organizations, particular actors and institutions that work together to criminalize...
With this complaint Khalil sought $20 million – or an official apology and an end to unconstitutional policy July 20, 2026, New York – Mahmoud Khalil filed his second federal lawsuit in a week today...
The decision creates a circuit split on whether federal courts can review claims of unconstitutional immigration detention July 23, 2026, Richmond, VA – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today...
July 28, 2026, Philadelphia— For more than 44 years, U.S. citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal has been arbitrarily detained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Today, Abolitionist Law Center and a national...
