November 20, 2018, San Francisco — A federal court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s new asylum ban. The Center for Constitutional Rights, Civil Liberties Union, and Southern Poverty Law...
Migrant Justice Leaders at Risk of Deportation for Engaging in Protected First Amendment Activity November 14, 2018, Burlington, VT – Today, Vermont-based Migrant Justice filed a lawsuit in federal...
October 6, 2018, New York – In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: The Center for...
September 24, 2018, Mahwah, NJ – On Friday, September 21, the Ramapough Lenape Nation Tribe filed an amended complaint against the township of Mahwah, NJ, and a local homeowner’s association, for...
Groups Condemn False Conflation of Sexual Orientation and Sexual Violence in Former Vatican Ambassador’s Letter as “Wrong and Dangerous” August 30, 2018, Washington D.C. -- Clergy sex abuse survivors...
August 15, 2018, New York – In the wake of the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing widespread sexual violence across the state and cover-up by senior leaders of the Catholic Church in...
Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Filming All Encounters August 10, 2018, New York — Late yesterday, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin using body-worn cameras to film...
August 8, 2018, New York – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a database that classifies thousands of New Yorkers – 99 percent of whom are people of color – as members of local...
Groups Challenge “Emergency Manager” Law July 24, 2018, Detroit, MI – Today, civil rights attorneys urged a federal court to allow a lawsuit challenging Michigan’s controversial Emergency Manager Law...
Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Documenting All Encounters July 19, 2018, New York — Today, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin recording all police-citizen...