Visa Approvals Unlawfully Rescinded, Wrongly Invoking Ban December 18, 2018, New York – Yesterday evening, a group of Yemeni-Americans filed a federal lawsuit over the State Department’s refusal to...
December 6, 2018, St. Martinville, LA – Today, a Louisiana judge found that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company (BBP) trespassed on privately owned land when it constructed its oil pipeline in the...
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...
Countersuing Company for Trespass, Illegal Construction, Landowners Cite Climate Change, Grave Threats to Public Health September 12, 2018, St. Martinville, LA – Today, landowners whose property...
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 23, 2018, North Dakota – Yesterday, a federal court dismissed the environmental movement Earth First! from a lawsuit by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the corporation behind the Dakota Access...
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...