“Friends of the Court” Urge Judicial Review for Post-9/11 Abuses December 28, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, in the last case to be heard by the Supreme Court under President Obama, civil...
December 24, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing yesterday of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
Rights Attorneys to Argue Post-9/11 Sweeps Case in Supreme Court Week of Trump Inauguration December 22, 2016, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy responded...
Case Scheduled Inauguration Week, Newly Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency December 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme...
Center for Constitutional Rights Says President Lacks Authority to Detain Prisoner November 30, 2016, Washington – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit challenging the...
Rights Groups Move to Stop Private Corporations from Intervening in Freedom of Information Lawsuit November 29, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Detention Watch...
“Not Just Locker Room Talk” November 17, 2016, New York – In response to statements made last night by a surrogate for Donald Trump effectively endorsing Japanese internment, Center for...
New Hearing for Sharqawi Al Hajj Too Little, Too Late Unless Obama Administration Acts Now, Attorneys Say November 15, New York – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) announced that it has granted a...
In response to the election of Donald Trump, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We send love and solidarity to all those who are hurting and afraid that Donald Trump...
October 25, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights responded to the Periodic Review Board decision declining to approve its client Guled Hassan Duran (ISN 10023) for transfer...