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For First Time, Polls Find Majority of Country Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work, as Do 2/3 of Democrats and Voters Under 45

January 30, 2020

Data for Progress, ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Women’s March, and two dozen other organizations release report and united policy platform on decriminalizing sex...

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Secretive ALEC Meeting

December 4, 2019

Ask Court to Find Arizona Legislators in Violation of State’s Open Meeting Law December 4, 2019, Phoenix, AZ – Today, lawyers and advocates from Puente, Mijente, Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance...

New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona – Today, a coalition of human rights organizations released an in-depth report about the role of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the...

Rights Attorneys Ask Court to Vacate 2005 Conviction and LWOP Sentence After Khashoggi Revelations

October 3, 2019

Same Saudi Agency Involved in Cover-Up Denied Torture of Ahmed Abu Ali October 3, 2019, Alexandria, VA – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights asked a federal court to vacate the...

Community Groups in New York City File New "Public Charge" Lawsuit Over Trump Immigration Rule

August 27, 2019

Litigation seeks a permanent injunction to block rule from taking effect, and marks the 6th lawsuit to be filed across the nation August 27, 2019, New York – Community organizations filed a lawsuit...

Rights Group Condemns New Proposed Rule Allowing Federal Contractors to Discriminate for "Religious" Reasons

August 14, 2019

August 14, 2019, New York – In response to the Trump administration’s new proposed rule, Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption, which would...

Federal Court Blocks New Trump Asylum Restrictions

July 24, 2019

July 24, 2019, San Francisco — This evening, a federal court blocked a new Trump administration asylum ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through...

Center for Constitutional Rights Welcomes Its 2019 Summer Interns

June 6, 2019

This year’s cohort will join the Legal, Communications, and Executive Departments June 5, 2019, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed 16 summer interns to its offices this week...

Worst Features of Solitary Confinement Persist in California Prisons, Attorneys Argue

May 31, 2019

CDCR in Violation of Settlement June 3, 2019, Oakland, CA – The Center for Constitutional Rights has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold two district court rulings that found the...

Grant Release to Black Panther, Say Activists, Artists, Lawyers, Academics

May 21, 2019

Jalil Muntaqim, Jailed 48 Years, Has 12 th Parole Hearing This Year May 21, 2019, New York – Today, a group of prominent academics, lawyers, and activists published an open letter calling for the...

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Press Releases

For First Time, Polls Find Majority of Country Supports Decriminalizing Sex Work, as Do 2/3 of Democrats and Voters Under 45

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Secretive ALEC Meeting

New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

Rights Attorneys Ask Court to Vacate 2005 Conviction and LWOP Sentence After Khashoggi Revelations

Community Groups in New York City File New "Public Charge" Lawsuit Over Trump Immigration Rule

Rights Group Condemns New Proposed Rule Allowing Federal Contractors to Discriminate for "Religious" Reasons

Federal Court Blocks New Trump Asylum Restrictions

Center for Constitutional Rights Welcomes Its 2019 Summer Interns

Worst Features of Solitary Confinement Persist in California Prisons, Attorneys Argue

Grant Release to Black Panther, Say Activists, Artists, Lawyers, Academics

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