August 4, 2016 New York – In response to reports that some members of the New York State Assembly plan to introduce a “Blue Lives Matter” bill today to add police to the groups covered under existing...
August 4, 2016, Cincinnati – Today, civil rights attorneys urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reinstate claims that Michigan’s emergency manager law violates the Voting Rights...
August 2, 2016, New York – In response to the resignation of Commissioner Bratton, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Darius Charney made the following statement: We hope and fully expect the...
Civil rights groups mark 50th Anniversary of Freedom of Information Act by filing requests to expose government surveillance of activists of color July 5, 2016, New York – Color Of Change (COC) and...
Survey and Public Comments Will Help Inform Policy That Will Govern 1000-Camera Pilot Ordered in Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit June 29, 2016, New York – The Policing Project at New York University launched...
June 23, 2016, Salt Lake City – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief in support of animal rights activists challenging Utah’s so-called “ag-gag” law, which punishes...
May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...
AETA Denies Freedom of Speech and Due Process Say Attorneys May 9, 2016, Chicago – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise...
May 2, 2016, San Diego – This morning in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Joseph Buddenberg was sentenced to two years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Violate the...
April 19, 2016, New York – Penny Pritzker, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has entered into a landmark class action settlement with African American and Latino plaintiffs whose...