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...
June 21, 2016, New York – Today, human rights and civil liberties groups filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking documents relating to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent executive order...
Un Tribunal de apelaciones de Estados Unidos rechaza el intento de los demandados de hacer que el caso sea desechado El 17 de junio, 2016, Miami – Más de doce años después de que unas masacres...
Court of Appeals Rejects Defendants’ Attempt to Have Case Dismissed June 17, 2016, Miami – More than 12 years after government-planned massacres in Bolivia killed 58 unarmed civilians, the Eleventh...
Attorneys Provide Records to Review Board, Urge al Qahtani’s Release to Care June 15, 2016 – Tomorrow morning Guantánamo detainee Mohammed al Qahtani will have a hearing before a Periodic Review...
June 6, 2016, New York – Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order creating a blacklist of companies and other organizations abiding by boycott or divestment campaigns...