March 2015" Lawyers for embattled Professor Steven Salaita have fired the latest round in his employment lawsuit against the University of Illinois, rebutting the UI's motion to dismiss the case. ..." Read the...
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests examine the context of the obstruction around the Loretta Lynch vote and the case of Debo Adegbile, who was forced to withdraw his name from consideration for...
Updated: June 1, 2015
September 2015: Landmark settlement ends indeterminate long-term solitary in CA. This is the story of the prisoners who led the fight to make it happen.
Updated: September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015In a resolution that could have wide effects, California's prison system has agreed to change how it handles solitary confinement — and to review the cases of nearly 3,000 prisoners who are currently...
September 1, 2015For years California prisons used soundproof and windowless cells to confine thousands of inmates in near total isolation for years. But hunger strikes, Sacramento debates and now a court case...
September 8, 2015Confronted with two cases claiming chimpanzees should be deemed persons under the law, New York’s high court missed an opportunity to issue its shortest decision ever. Three words would have sufficed...
A new report by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal has documented hundreds of cases of Palestinian rights activists in the United States being harassed, disciplined, fired, sued...
Updated: October 7, 2015
December 16, 2015In a civil rights suit over the New York City Police Department's surveillance of New Jersey Muslims, the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris could make it harder for the plaintiffs to get a fair...
March 18, 2016On Tuesday, March 15, CCR Senior Staff Attorney argued before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in CCR's case challenging Communication Management Units in federal prisons. Check out her vlog...
April 21, 2016, New York – In response to reports of proposed new rules for the controversial military commissions system at Guantanamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents men in...
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