Active Cases

Since 1966, CCR has pioneered daring and innovative legal strategies in pursuit of its mission to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our work began on behalf of civil rights activists, and since then CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular progressive movement.

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.

Khalil v. Trump

Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian activist and graduate student at Columbia University who was active with Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, serving as negotiator with the university and speaking...

Updated: September 3, 2026

American Friends Service Committee, et al. v. Trump, et al.

On February 6, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order authorizing sanctions on staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and people or entities who engage with the court to seek...

Updated: September 2, 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: August 19, 2026

Durham County, ex rel: Maggie Clapp v. Amanda Shenelle Wallace

Amanda Wallace is the founder of Operation Stop CPS (OSCPS) , a North Carolina-based grassroots campaign that builds people power to abolish the family policing (“child welfare”) system and end the...

Updated: August 13, 2026

Mahmoud Khalil Federal Tort Claims Act Complaint

The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks damages from the United States government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil. The complaint describes serious...

Updated: August 12, 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

Public Records Request in Support of Professor Raz Segal

The Center for Constitutional Rights submitted a public records request seeking information from the University of Minnesota related to its withdrawal of a job offer to Israeli-American Jewish...

Updated: August 6, 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

Khalil v. The Heritage Foundation et al.

The Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, alleging that he was the target of a conspiracy between private actors and federal...

Updated: July 14, 2026

Eye on Surveillance, et al. v. New Orleans City Council, et al.

On April 16, 2026, the New Orleans City Council voted to approve a controversial law enforcement program known as the “Drone as First Responder” program. The program would launch drones equipped with...

Updated: June 22, 2026

Black Love Resists in the Rust v. City of Buffalo

In the summer of 2012, the Buffalo Police Department created a "Strike Force" Unit to aggressively patrol and conduct vehicle checkpoints in "high crime" areas of the city. While purportedly set up...

Updated: June 3, 2026

Allan Feliz Article 78 Case

In October 2019, NYPD then-Sergeant Jonathan Rivera shot and killed Allan Feliz during a traffic stop in the Bronx. NYPD officers stated they pulled Allan over for allegedly not wearing a seatbelt,...

Updated: May 27, 2026

Duncan v. Landry

Calvin Duncan is a Black exoneree, law school graduate, advocate, and current Clerk-Elect for the Criminal Court in New Orleans Parish. He is being targeted by high-level Louisiana officials for his...

Updated: May 15, 2026

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Derek Lee

This case aims to end the state of Pennsylvania’s mandatory imposition of death-by-incarceration sentences, otherwise known as life without parole, for Derek Lee and others convicted of felony murder...

Updated: March 26, 2026

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