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Arizona Lawmakers Must not Conduct Government Business at Secret ALEC Meetings, Attorneys Argue

September 1, 2020

Crafting Laws in Secret With Corporations and Conservative Activists Violates Open Meetings Law, Lawsuit Says September 1, 2020, Phoenix, AZ – Today, attorneys representing leaders from Arizona’s...

Civil Rights Groups Ask Appellate Court to Reject Renewed Palestine Censorship Efforts by Fordham University

July 24, 2020

July 27, 2020, New York – Students asked New York’s Appellate Court on Friday to reject an effort by Fordham University to overturn a decision ordering the school to recognize the Students for...

Appeals Court Rules Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company ‘Trampled’ Landowners’ Rights

July 16, 2020

Landowners Awarded $10,000 Each Plus Attorneys Fees July 16, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana ruled that the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company...

Lawsuit Over Israel Boycott Should Be Dismissed as SLAPP, Academics Argue

July 7, 2020

D.C. Appellate Court Asked to Reverse Lower Court Ruling Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit Targeting Advocacy as a SLAPP July 7, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, academics who were sued over the American...

Court Orders Plastics Corporation to Allow Juneteenth Access to Cemetery Where Enslaved People Are Buried

June 18, 2020

Formosa Taking Emergency Appeal to Stop Prayer Event Community Members Previously Threatened With Arrest for Visiting Ancestors’ Graves June 18, 2020, Convent, Louisiana – Today, Judge Emile R. St...

Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds SCOTUS Title VII Decision

June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020, New York – In response to today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Aimee Stephens , the Center...

Center for Constitutional Condemns Trump Rule Change Allowing Discrimination in Access to Healthcare for LGBTQIA+ People and People Who Seek Abortions

June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the statement below in response to the Trump administration's change to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act today. The Center...

St. James Residents Affirm Rights to Cemeteries

May 22, 2020

New Letter from Formosa Plastics Denies Access to Burial Grounds of Enslaved People May 22, 2020, St. James, LA — St. James residents today re-asserted their rights to visit burial grounds on...

Center for Constitutional Rights Commends National Lawyers Guild for Stopping Harassing Anti-BDS Lawsuit

May 18, 2020

May 19, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the National Lawyers Guild’s announcement that it has settled a harassing lawsuit brought...

Once Anonymous Archeologists Come Forward with Report Indicating More Burial Grounds of Enslaved People Likely Exist on Site Proposed for Controversial Plastics Plant

March 11, 2020

Archeology Firm Identifies Five Additional Possible Cemeteries, Concludes Formosa’s Consultants Repeatedly Looked in Wrong Place for One of Them March 11, 2020, St. James Parish – Today, community...

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Press Releases

Arizona Lawmakers Must not Conduct Government Business at Secret ALEC Meetings, Attorneys Argue

Civil Rights Groups Ask Appellate Court to Reject Renewed Palestine Censorship Efforts by Fordham University

Appeals Court Rules Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company ‘Trampled’ Landowners’ Rights

Lawsuit Over Israel Boycott Should Be Dismissed as SLAPP, Academics Argue

Court Orders Plastics Corporation to Allow Juneteenth Access to Cemetery Where Enslaved People Are Buried

Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds SCOTUS Title VII Decision

Center for Constitutional Condemns Trump Rule Change Allowing Discrimination in Access to Healthcare for LGBTQIA+ People and People Who Seek Abortions

St. James Residents Affirm Rights to Cemeteries

Center for Constitutional Rights Commends National Lawyers Guild for Stopping Harassing Anti-BDS Lawsuit

Once Anonymous Archeologists Come Forward with Report Indicating More Burial Grounds of Enslaved People Likely Exist on Site Proposed for Controversial Plastics Plant

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