November 16, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the United States Supreme Court to hear the case U.S. v. Kjonaas . In an amicus brief filed today on behalf of...
November 8, 2010 , WASHINGTON – The Obama administration today argued before a federal court that it should have unreviewable authority to kill Americans the executive branch has unilaterally...
October 8, 2010, New York – The Center For Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a brief in federal court responding to the Obama administration's...
October 4, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court said it would not take up a warrantless surveillance case, Wilner v. National Security Agency (NSA) , filed by the Center for...
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 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...
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...
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights today issued the following response to a statement by Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign...