May 14, 2013, New York – Today, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that, in light of the City’s “distressing pattern of limited FDNY minority hiring,...
April 23, 2013 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Yemeni human rights organization HOOD and the Swiss-based Alkarama submitted new testimony to a Senate Judiciary Sub...
April 12, 2013 - CCR was among ten prominent human rights and civil liberties organizations that sent a letter to the president yesterday detailing their concerns with the legality of his rapidly...
March 27, 2013, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys and co-counsel responded to notice that the City of New York intends to introduce into evidence a March 5, 2013 NYPD...
March 18, 2013, New York, NY – The Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black firefighters in the FDNY, pointed to a New York Post report on the racist and anti-semetic twitter feed of...
March 15, 2013, New York – Last night, a federal judge approved a settlement between the government and several rights groups in a long-running lawsuit demanding transparency in the...
March 10, 2013, New York - The Center for Constitutional Rights and The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement in response to The New York Times article today detailing the U.S...
February 5, 2013, New York – In response to the release of a Justice Department white paper titled, “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior...
January 10, 2013, New York –In response to Governor Cuomo’s proposal in his State of the State address to reform the state’s marijuana laws, Center for Constitutional Rights...