August 17, 2017CCR has a long history of challenging overbroad and warrantless government surveillance, something that has ballooned since 9/11. Last week, we filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to grant...
After Sayfullo Saipov reportedly drove a rented Home Depot truck down a bike path along Manhattan’s Hudson River, killing multiple people before crashing into a school bus, President Trump called for...
Updated: November 3, 2017
October 2008One month after the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program was disclosed by the New York Times in December 2005, we sued to put an end to it. In the two and a half years since then, an ACLU suit (...
July 2009A federal judge has determined that the Fire Department of New York City used racially discriminatory hiring practices that unlawfully prevented hundreds of qualified African American and Latino...
October 2009When he took office, President Obama made clear that torture is illegal and that the United States would not abuse detainees in its custody. But when it comes to those tortured during the Bush...
October 2009The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for another clash with the president -- this time Barack Obama instead of George W. Bush -- over detainees in the war on terrorism and whether a judge can...
November 2009President Barack Obama confirms he will miss January deadline to close Guantanamo prison — partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees. With comment by Shayana Kadidal,...
January 2010The New York Times has rerun an absurd story claiming that 1 in 7 Guantanamo detainees have "returned" to terrorism. By CCR lawyer Shayana Kadidal.
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