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Our current cases reflects our unwavering commitment to progressive principles, people’s movements and human rights as well as our creative use of the law as a positive force for social change.

OLC Drug Cartel Memo FOIA

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)’s guidance and other related...
Updated: September 30, 2026

FOIA requests re: anti-LGBTQIA+ Executive Orders

Beginning the date of the inauguration on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration issued a series of anti-LGBTQIA+ executive orders, particularly restricting access to medical care, travel,...
Updated: September 28, 2026

Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al.

A federal class action lawsuit against the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and unconstitutional stop and frisks.
Updated: September 28, 2026

Make the Road New York v. DHS

This case challenges the Trump administration's new rule to restrict U.S. immigration on "public charge" grounds, building upon our prior success challenging the first Trump administration's similar...
Updated: September 21, 2026

Archer et al. v. City of New York

Archer et al. v. City of New York is a federal class action lawsuit against New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), challenging ACS’s widespread and racially discriminatory...
Updated: September 17, 2026

Benjamin, et al. v. Oliver, et al.

In May 2025, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a state law, SB185, that prohibits the provision of hormone therapy and other forms of healthcare for gender dysphoria in Georgia state prisons,...
Updated: August 25, 2026

Ache v. Witte

Ache v. Witte is a federal lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on behalf of 14 medically vulnerable people currently held in immigration detention at Pine Prairie...
Updated: August 7, 2026

In Re: B.CD & B.CB (Maryland's Safe Haven)

In September 2024, Ms. C, a 23-year-old woman, and mother of two older children, gave birth to twins. At the time, overwhelmed and without adequate support, she felt that she could not give the twins...
Updated: July 30, 2026

K.W. v. The City of New York (Amicus Brief)

When K.W.’s son, K.A. was just six days old, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) separated him from his parents without court order. After his extrajudicial removal, K.A...
Updated: July 30, 2026

Al Otro Lado v. Noem I

Al Otro Lado, Inc., et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas, et al. , is a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a...
Updated: June 28, 2026

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