September 27, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), on behalf of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) , asked the judges of the...
September 28, 2010, New York, NY – Discussions at the Human Rights Council (HRC) continued today following the release of a report of the fact-finding mission that investigated the May 31, 2010...
September 17, 2010, New York: Today, the City of New York refused to select a non-discriminatory method for hiring entry-level firefighters, even though the court gave it the freedom to choose from...
September 14, 2010, NEW YORK – The Obama administration is considering filing criminal charges against Anwar Al-Aulaqi , a U.S. citizen located in Yemen whom the U.S. government has already...
September 13 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that six new plaintiffs have joined a federal, class action lawsuit, Turkmen v. Ashcroft, challenging their...
September 1, 2010, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C. —In a teleconference press briefing today, public officials and civil rights organizations underscored that nearly two years after...
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today filed a lawsuit challenging the government's asserted authority to carry out “targeted...
August 19, 2010, New York – Today, a federal court judge took testimony from three witnesses put on by the City of New York in the federal civil rights lawsuit on the racially discriminatory...
August 11, 2010 , New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR ) issued the statement below in response to a summary of stop-and-frisk statistics for April, May, and June...