ICE and other agencies illegally use scans to hold children in adult detention; discredited practice smacks of race science, groups say September 5, 2024, New York, NY – Rights groups and a directly...
August 9, 2024, New York – Today, on the 10th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown that sparked the Ferguson uprising, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Returnees Abused in Both Countries; U.S. Breached Asylum Confidentiality July 18, 2024, Washington, D.C. – The United States government has, since May 2024, approved the return of 27 Cameroonian...
July 10, 2024, Buffalo, NY – Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights , Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York , New York Civil Liberties Union , the Center for Constitutional Rights , and Justice...
July 1, 2024, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling today that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken as part of their “core constitutional duties...
June 5, 2024, New York – In response to President Biden’s executive order to shut down the border, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: Lagging in the polls,...
May 30, 2024, Buffalo, NY – In a lawsuit against the City of Buffalo challenging unconstitutional and racially discriminatory traffic enforcement practices by the Buffalo Police Department (BPD),...
Data does not support claim that racial disparities in NYPD stops no longer exist, lawyers say New York, April 12, 2024 – In response to the report just filed by the court-appointed monitor in the...
Unhoused at high rates, LGBTQIA+ people face dire threat from such laws, which are cruel and unusual punishment, amicus brief says April 3, 2024, Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court should rule that...
March 7, 2024, New York – In response to the governor of New York’s announcement of a five-point “subway safety” plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Center...
