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U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Over 2003 Massacre

August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020, Miami – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that had been entered in favor of Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de...

Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds Passing of NO BAN Act

July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement on today’s vote on the NO BAN Act in Congress: We commend Congress for passing the NO BAN Act,...

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...

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...

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...

International Criminal Court Authorizes Investigation into U.S. Torture Program, Other International Crimes

March 5, 2020

Appeals Chamber Reverses Decision Blocking Investigation into Crimes Related to Conflict in Afghanistan March 5, 2020, The Hague – Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC...

Muslims Placed on No-Fly List by FBI Agents to Coerce Them to Spy on Their Communities Ask Supreme Court to Allow Lawsuit to Go Forward

February 5, 2020

Case to Be Heard by High Court This Spring February 5, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, Muslim men who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List in retaliation for refusing to spy on their communities...

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U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Over 2003 Massacre

Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds Passing of NO BAN Act

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

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

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

International Criminal Court Authorizes Investigation into U.S. Torture Program, Other International Crimes

Muslims Placed on No-Fly List by FBI Agents to Coerce Them to Spy on Their Communities Ask Supreme Court to Allow Lawsuit to Go Forward

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