In June 2019, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued a letter to the New York State Legislature, calling on them to repeal Civil...
Updated: June 18, 2019
On October 24, 2019, Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre delivered testimony before the New York State Senate Codes Committee, calling on the state legislature to...
Updated: October 24, 2019
On November 18, 2019, CCR Senior Legal Worker and Coordinator, Ian Head testified before the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council. In this testimony, CCR drew the Committee on Public...
Updated: November 18, 2019
Muhammad Tanvir is a lawful permanent resident of the United States who has lived here since 2002. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife, son and daughter, and parents, and runs a tire...
Updated: September 8, 2021
On March 17, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined dozens of organizations in urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to immediately adopt a series of recommendations to decrease the likelihood of...
Updated: May 12, 2020
Immigration detention centers are ticking time bombs in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIP-NLG)...
Updated: April 14, 2020
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...
Updated: June 8, 2020
On June 22, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights—along with a coalition of other civil rights organizations—released an open letter demanding that Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman be released...
Updated: July 30, 2020
At the Center for Constitutional Rights, we believe in the transformative power of art and culture, and have long worked with artists, storytellers, and cultural institutions to not only reflect the...
Updated: August 26, 2021
Victory! On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in our favor , upholding our clients' right to sue federal officials for damages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA...
Updated: December 11, 2020
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