June 26, Alexandria, VA – Today, on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a United States district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Center for...
June 17, 2013, Baltimore, MD – As the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning enters its third week, a federal district court in Baltimore heard arguments today on whether to grant members of the press...
June 10, 2013, New York— Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit brought against President Barack Obama, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of...
May 14, 2013, New York -- Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and seven other rights groups sent letters to the Department of Education (DOE) raising concerns about the use of Title VI of the...
April 24, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the decision of a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit against high-level Bush administration officials for...
April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a disappointing decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) , holding that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) does not...
April 17, 2013, Boston and New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed the dismissal by a federal judge of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the...
April 17, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum...
April 15, 2013, New York – After a two-month investigation, the City University of New York (CUNY) General Counsel’s office issued a report late Friday vindicating student organizers of a...
April 8, 2013, New York – Today, attorneys for activist Daniel McGowan at the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following update on his situation: Daniel McGowan is back at the...