The Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with BAM and Amazon Studios’ Reel Impact series on a special screening of The Feeling of Being Watched . Following the screening, Senior...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal statute that enables anyone in the United States to request records from federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the...
CCR and Muslim Advocates File FOIA Lawsuit on Opaque Muslim Ban Waiver Process Washington, DC – Following the United States Supreme Court decision to uphold the Muslim Ban, Muslim Advocates (MA) and...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Color of Change (COC), and the Kramer Law Clinic are currently litigating under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to uncover how the FBI and Department...
Document Raises Questions About Escalating Government Surveillance and Criminalization of Black Activists March 19, 2018, New York, NY – Today, racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit against...
Highest Court Rejects Private Prisons’ Petition to Limit Release of Government Documents October 10, 2017, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations...
In July 2016, Color of Change (COC) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request seeking information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
July 15, 2016, New York – Last night, in a case seeking documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the detention bed quota in immigration detention facilities, a federal judge...
Civil rights groups mark 50th Anniversary of Freedom of Information Act by filing requests to expose government surveillance of activists of color July 5, 2016, New York – Color Of Change (COC) and...
