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CCR in the News
November 20, 2020
CCR in the News
... At that point, Formosa was legally required to share its discovery of human remains only with law enforcement and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology. In January 2020, a month after learning about the excavation results through a public records request, RISE and other advocacy organizations...
November 20, 2020
CCR in the News
... Versions of both of these approaches were used successfully in New York City in Floyd et al. v. City of New York , which famously forced the city to rein in its stop-and-frisk program. In that case, the Center for Constitutional Rights argued that the New York Police Department violated the...
November 20, 2020
Blog Post
Today, the world honors the dual meanings of Trans Day of Remembrance and Trans Day of Resilience by remembering and celebrating the lives of all trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people. Even in the midst of a global public health pandemic (one that is disproportionately affecting trans...
CCR Blog
November 13, 2020
CCR in the News
...“It seems that the United States in some circumstances understands the importance of the First Amendment,” says Angelo Guisado, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights. “But whenever confronted with a situation where it doesn’t like the type of speech or the speaker, it willfully...
November 12, 2020
CCR in the News
... The US and UK governments never responded to Alani. But over the next few years, the Pentagon provided answers of sorts to Wim Zwijnenburg, a project leader at the Dutch peace group Pax who has spent nearly a decade investigating the US military’s use of depleted uranium. In 2014 he joined with...