June 19, 2017In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, hundreds of mostly Muslim immigrants were rounded up and held in harsh conditions in New York. They later sued, but on Monday, the U.S. Supreme...
June 28, 2017The 2016-2017 term, which concluded on Monday, opened with eight justices and every expectation that, after Hillary Clinton was elected, the Court’s balance would soon tilt liberal for the first time...
Michelle J. DePass, Oregon, is the president and chief executive officer of Meyer Memorial Trust. DePass began her career as a community organizer in New York and went onto leadership positions in...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to participate in this side event for the 17th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court hosted by the American Bar...
Updated: December 5, 2018
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died last week at age 99, almost a decade after retiring from the high court. Stevens was nominated in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford,...
Updated: July 31, 2019
September 25, 2019, New York – In response to news that human rights activist Patrick Naagbanton has been killed by a car in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
October 30, 2019, New York – In response to news of the arrests of Reverend Gregory Manning and Sakura Kone at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry on the final day of the two-week...
Meena Jagannath is Director of Global Programs at Movement Law Lab. Prior to joining the Lab, Meena co-directed the Community Justice Project, Inc., a Miami-based movement lawyering organization...
maya finoh (they/them) is the Political Education and Research Manager for the Center for Constitutional Rights. As part of the Advocacy team's growing Political Education and Research hub, maya...
Ayla Kadah is a Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on dismantling racist policing and immigration practices, advancing Palestinian human rights and liberation,...
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