September 8, 2023, New York – In response to the Georgia attorney general’s sweeping RICO charges targeting Stop Cop City/ Defend the Atlanta Forest activists , the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Descendants in Cancer Alley brought suit to protect historic Black community and ancestral gravesites from massive grain elevator August 4, 2023, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana – Today, a...
Nearly 20 years after torture scandal broke, Iraqis continue fight for justice; 15-year quest for day in court one step closer to trial August 1, 2023, Alexandria, VA – A federal judge has rejected...
Judge Expected to Respond to Community’s Concerns Today July 21, 2023, Jackson, MS – Along with two days of testimony before a federal court last week, several Jackson-based community groups and...
May 1, 2023, New York – In response to the intensifying crackdown on the movement seeking to Stop Cop City/ Defend the Atlanta Forest , the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Plaintiffs sue parish council for pattern of racist land use practices that centralize petrochemical plants in Black neighborhoods, declare that new suit is only just the beginning March 21, 2023,...
We stand in solidarity with Iraqis and all other people harmed by U.S. imperialism March 15, 2023, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Center for Constitutional...
Lawmaker-corporate lobbyist deliberations and drafting of laws violate state’s Open Meeting Law, groups say November 15, 2022, Phoenix, AZ – Today, a coalition of grassroots organizations and legal...
Anne White Hat details collusion and violence geared to quash movement resisting fossil fuel extraction September 14, 2022, Washington, D.C. – Today, Anne White Hat, a Sicangu Lakota Water Protector...
Black community leaders from Louisiana who addressed committee earlier this month hail recommendations August 30, 2022, Geneva – For the first time, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial...