February 16, 2011 – Today, attorneys filed a federal civil rights suit in New Orleans on behalf of nine anonymous plaintiffs convicted under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature law and...
November 3, 2011, Houston, TX and New York, NY – Last night, in a human rights case against Honduran coup leader Roberto Micheletti Baín, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional...
November 2, 2011 – Olympia, WA and New York, NY – Last night, in a lawsuit brought against current and former members of the Olympia Food Co-op Board of Directors for their decision to...
March 14, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging...
* Free admission, and RSVP required at: ccl@chicagocouncil.org * Attorneys receive 1.5 hours of MCLE credit. When: Tuesday, February 5th at 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Where: Union League Club of Chicago,...
Updated: February 4, 2013
The Charles Horman Truth Foundation will honor CCR, Rhonda Copelon, Nancy Stearns, Peter Weiss and others on September 9th with an afternoon of panels and an evening dinner ceremony. On the 40th...
Updated: September 5, 2013
February 2014Barack Obama declared at the start of his presidency that, when it comes to holding U.S. officials accountable for torture, we must "look forward not back." While he has failed to close...
April 2014One year ago Thursday, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court interjected uncertainty into otherwise well-settled law relating to the reach of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute...
September 2014Activists Press Challenge Over 'Animal Enterprise Terrorism' Law Jamie Schuman , Supreme Court Brief September 3, 2014 A First Amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is now before...
January 13, 2015, Philadelphia PA – Today, attorneys from Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse a...
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