From Detention Watch Network (DWN) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Banking on Detention: Local Lockup Quotas and the Immigration Dragnet (2015) explores and exposes the depth of local...
...The plaintiffs describe the law’s aim in the complaint as “to chill, and harshly punish, speech and expression in opposition to pipeline projects.” They argue the law is unconstitutional because...
...“By turning so much of the land in this state into critical infrastructure, the average person can find themselves facing five years in prison for literally just being in the wrong place at the...
...Two of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including lead plaintiff Anne White Hat, are protesters currently facing felony jail time. White Hat could be sentenced to as many as 10 years in prison for...
...According to a press release from the Center for Constitutional Rights, this Louisiana law is part of a national trend of legislation advocated for by oil and gas interests that aim to eliminate...
...“By turning so much of the land in this state into critical infrastructure, the average person can find themselves facing five years in prison for literally just being in the wrong place at the...
Attorney for State Police Threatens Community Leaders with Felonies Carrying up to 15 Years Imprisonment if They Attempt to Walk Across Bridges May 31, 2019, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Today, a judge...
Join Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren at Netroots Nation 2019 Conference in Philadelphia as he discusses how grassroots organizing, policymaking...
...Early this afternoon, Pam Spees, from the Center for Constitutional Rights and a CADA attorney, told me with disappointment in her voice that the judge ruled against them, denying those permits...
...Civil rights groups have already challenged some of the recent state laws. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a suit in South Dakota over the state’s recently enacted “ Riot Boosting Act ,”...
