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CCR in the News
January 14, 2019
Blog Post
Wonderful news for our clients and their families from Yemen Yemeni-Americans who for more than a year had been prevented from joining their families in the United States because of Donald Trump's Muslim Ban arrived in New York City. Last month, U.S.-citizen family members of Sawsan Saleh, who...
CCR Blog
January 8, 2019
Blog Post
New St. Louis Country prosecutor: "wanteds" practice is uncontitutional In St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties, police officers have been allowed to issue a "wanted," the equivalent of a statewide arrest warrant into an electronic database that designates an individual for immediate summary...
CCR Blog
January 8, 2019
CCR in the News
A human rights law firm Thursday won access to documents reflecting a Louisiana sheriff’s office participation in the response to 2016 protests against a North Dakota crude oil pipeline. The state 5th Circuit Court of Appeal reversed an earlier decision by the 29th Judicial District Court of St...
January 8, 2019
CCR in the News
...The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and Center for Constitutional Rights have also sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein demanding an "investigation and prosecution of high-level officials in the Catholic Church" for sexual crimes and cover-ups. "It is long...
December 31, 2018
Blog Post
Louisiana Sheriff Must Release Documents About Employees' Travel and Activities at Standing Rock We have exciting news in our ongoing efforts to provide legal support to activists and communities fighting against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) in Louisiana , which is the southern end of the...
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